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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Setting Update
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Blood Knight
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Daddy's Girl
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Plot Hole
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Affably Evil
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A God Am I
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Truth in Television
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
Disappeared Dad
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Wham Line
Betty and Veronica
What You Are in the Dark
Here We Go Again!
For Want of a Nail
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Hate Sink
Artistic License Physics
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Meaningful Name
Earn Your Happy Ending
The '80s
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Eagleland
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Action Prologue
Product Placement
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Chewing the Scenery
Took a Level in Badass
Television Movie Index
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Evil Sounds Deep
War Is Hell
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Reality Is Unrealistic
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A Father to His Men
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Author Avatar
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Bottomless Magazines
What the Hell, Hero?
The Alleged Car
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Book-Ends
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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Cruel and Unusual Death
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Large Ham
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Taking You with Me
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Artistic License Law
Ship Tease
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Your Head A-Splode
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Captain Obvious
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Once More, with Clarity!
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Worthy Opponent
Blood from the Mouth
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Empathic Environment
Idiot Ball
Lighter and Softer
Really Gets Around
Dumb Blonde
Twist Ending
Destination Defenestration
Deal with the Devil
The Casanova
An Arm and a Leg
I'm a Humanitarian
"Shaggy Dog" Story
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
A Minor Kidroduction
Drugs Are Bad
Black Best Friend
Green-Eyed Monster
Tempting Fate
Deus ex Machina
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Bare Your Midriff
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
The Chick
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Big Applesauce
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Anachronic Order
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As the Good Book Says...
Only One Name
Red Oni, Blue Oni
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Arranged Marriage
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
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Nice Guy
Karma Houdini
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Made of Explodium
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Enemy Mine
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Dark and Troubled Past
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Evil Plan
Take That!
Curse Cut Short
Black Comedy
Improbable Infant Survival
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Bloodier and Gorier
Only Sane Man
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Ripped from the Headlines
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Guile Hero
Cassandra Truth
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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Crazy Jealous Guy
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In Medias Res
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It Will Never Catch On
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Rasputinian Death
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Flashback
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Red Shirt
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Music Stories
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Captain Ersatz
One Steve Limit
Imagine Spot
Jerkass
Stock Footage
Alliterative Name
One-Man Army
Cool Shades
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The Chessmaster
Didn't Think This Through
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
As You Know
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Batman Gambit
Vacation Films
Older Than They Look
Alas, Poor Villain
Wham Shot
The '90s
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
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Unreliable Narrator
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Disproportionate Retribution
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Fatal Flaw
Covers Always Lie
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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World of Ham
Abhorrent Admirer
Arc Words
Implacable Man
The Great Depression
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Thriller
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Red Right Hand
Dying Moment of Awesome
Immune to Bullets
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BFG
Comically Missing the Point
Straight Gay
Fiery Redhead
An Axe to Grind
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Real Life
Heroes Want Redheads
Rule of Funny
Black Dude Dies First
Bland-Name Product
Politically Incorrect Villain
Adult Fear
Major Injury Underreaction
Nice Hat
Deliberately Monochrome
Kubrick Stare
Handicapped Badass
Rule of Cool
Credits Gag
Ms. Fanservice
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Evil Counterpart
Gilligan Cut
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Establishing Character Moment
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Jump Scare
Eyepatch of Power
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Slasher Movie
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Monumental Damage
The Lancer
The Hero
Diabolus ex Machina
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Heel Realization
Air-Vent Passageway
Body Horror
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It's Personal
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Light Is Not Good
Big Damn Heroes
Have a Gay Old Time
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Antagonist Title
Novelization
Retirony
Redemption Equals Death
Based on a True Story
Manipulative Bastard
Hope Spot
Taking the Bullet
The X of Y
I Did What I Had to Do
Epic Fail
Retcon
The Mafia
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Our Zombies Are Different
Fan Disservice
Daylight Horror
The End... Or Is It?
The Stoic
Sassy Black Woman
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Despair Event Horizon
Adaptation Name Change
The Hero Dies
Historical Hero Upgrade
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Woman Scorned
This Is Gonna Suck
Back from the Dead
Super Strength
Never Trust a Trailer
Fainting
Amoral Attorney
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Stepford Smiler
Training Montage
The Bad Guy Wins
Neck Lift
Storming the Castle
Early Installment Weirdness
Dark Reprise
Laser-Guided Karma
And Starring
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Costume Porn
Serial Killer
Death of a Child
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Easily Forgiven
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Closed Circle
Psychopathic Manchild
The Cameo
Hero of Another Story
Big Eater
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How We Got Here
Bloodless Carnage
Match Cut
Guns Akimbo
Humiliation Conga
She Cleans Up Nicely
Henpecked Husband
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Pretty Little Headshots
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Toilet Humour
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Cold-Blooded Torture
Grey and Gray Morality
Early-Bird Cameo
Not What It Looks Like
Driven to Suicide
Ambiguous Disorder
Fat Bastard
Developing Doomed Characters
"Awesome McCool" Name
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Let's Get Dangerous!
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Evil Is Petty
Department of Redundancy Department
The Dog Bites Back
The Film of the Book
The Brute
Hypocrite
Death by Sex
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Mythology Gag
Same Language Dub
Stalker with a Crush
Dwindling Party
Public Domain Feature Films
My Beloved Smother
Motor Mouth
Toplessness from the Back
Horror Comedy
Cool Car
Femme Fatale
Male Frontal Nudity
Country Matters
Film Noir Index
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Adaptation Expansion
Trailers Always Spoil
Adorkable
Whole Plot Reference
N-Word Privileges
Camera Abuse
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Punny Name
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Scenery Gorn
Race Against the Clock
Villain Song
Mistaken for Gay
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Adults Are Useless
Contrived Coincidence
Maybe Ever After
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
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Refuge in Audacity
The Dragon
As Himself
Paper-Thin Disguise
Corpsing
Re-Cut
Animal Title Index
For the Evulz
You Killed My Father
Darker and Edgier
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Scenery Porn
Meet Cute
Big "NO!"
Big Bad
Laughing Mad
Coming-of-Age Story
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Science Fiction Films
Biopic
Bad "Bad Acting"
Up to Eleven
Tranquil Fury
Dramatic Irony
Not So Stoic
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The Power of Love
Eldritch Abomination
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Ax-Crazy
All for Nothing
The Remake
Chiaroscuro
The Oner
Broken Aesop
Famous Last Words
Missing Mom
All Men Are Perverts
HeelFace Turn
Gory Discretion Shot
In Name Only
Film Series
Brainless Beauty
Index of Film Westerns
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Cat Scare
Leitmotif
My Greatest Failure
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Skewed Priorities
Say My Name
Honor Before Reason
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Properly Paranoid
Christmas Movies Index
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Defrosting Ice Queen
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Dual Wielding
Overprotective Dad
Almost Kiss
'80s Hair
Mood Whiplash
No OSHA Compliance
Outrun the Fireball
Flipping the Bird
Improbable Weapon User
Historical-Domain Character
Big Brother Instinct
Bad Boss
Dissonant Serenity
Hell Is That Noise
Accidental Murder
Funny Background Event
Evil vs. Evil
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Crapsack World
Broken Bird
Shut Up, Hannibal!
All There in the Manual
The Ace
Failed a Spot Check
Line-of-Sight Name
Bullying a Dragon
Better to Die than Be Killed
Sacrificial Lion
Camp Gay
Show Within a Show
Grievous Bottley Harm
Children Are Innocent
Adaptational Attractiveness
Zombie Stories
Fate Worse than Death
The Reveal
And the Adventure Continues
The Faceless
Groin Attack
Half the Man He Used to Be
Bolivian Army Ending
Only Known by Their Nickname
Smoking Is Cool
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Off with His Head!
Naïve Newcomer
Jerkass Has a Point
The Cavalry
Due to the Dead
Exact Words
Demonic Possession
Bury Your Gays
The Quiet One
Adaptation Dye-Job
Historical In-Joke
Butt-Monkey
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Happily Married
Casting Gag
Mugging the Monster
Bond Villain Stupidity
Reality Ensues
Bald of Evil
Madness Mantra
The Mole
Death by Adaptation
Title Drop
I Have Your Wife
Heroic BSoD
Interrupted Suicide
Male Gaze
Artistic License Biology
Real Life Writes the Plot
Instant Death Bullet
Artistic License Military
Unusual Euphemism
Aside Glance
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Death Seeker
Call-Forward
Only in It for the Money
Cool Old Guy
All Just a Dream
Moment Killer
A Date with Rosie Palms
Loophole Abuse
Parental Neglect
Spiteful Spit
Babies Ever After
La Résistance
Becoming the Mask
The Bully
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Artistic License History
Bi the Way
Playing Gertrude
Lock and Load Montage
Chekhov's Gun
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Even Evil Has Standards
Neck Snap
From Nobody to Nightmare
Bar Brawl
Did Not Get the Girl
Made of Iron
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Four-Temperament Ensemble
FaceHeel Turn
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Character Development
Sealed Evil in a Can
Berserk Button
Knight Templar
Fish out of Water
Dirty Old Man
Spanner in the Works
True Companions
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
What Happened to the Mouse?
It Can Think
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Darkest Hour
The Place
Pretty in Mink
Karmic Death
Cool Old Lady
She's Got Legs
Police Brutality
French Films
Dies Wide Open
Badass Bookworm
Punch-Clock Villain
Does Not Like Shoes
Mundane Made Awesome
Badass Grandpa
Crucified Hero Shot
Chase Scene
Good Is Not Nice
Naked People Are Funny
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Big-Bad Ensemble
Boom, Headshot!
Take a Third Option
Bittersweet Ending
Parental Abandonment
Room Full of Crazy
Improbable Aiming Skills
Those Two Bad Guys
Never Found the Body
No Name Given
Facial Horror
Greater-Scope Villain
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Villain with Good Publicity
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Meaningful Background Event
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Hypocritical Humor
Woman in White
Gratuitous English
Humans Are Bastards
Superhero
Sadistic Choice
Jitter Cam
Dramedy
Curb-Stomp Battle
Works Set in World War II
Our Vampires Are Different
Agony of the Feet
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Papa Wolf
Stylistic Suck
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Downer Ending
Disney Villain Death
After the End
Bowdlerise
20 Minutes into the Future
Broken Pedestal
Fanservice Extra
Kill 'em All
Film Noir
Market-Based Title
Too Dumb to Live
Adapted Out
The Load
Accidental Misnaming
Fatal Family Photo
Mad Scientist
Adaptational Villainy
Bait-and-Switch
Cluster F-Bomb
The Sociopath
Celebrity Paradox
The '60s
Epic Movie
Translation Convention
Undying Loyalty
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Drives Like Crazy
Redshirt Army
Put on a Bus
Extremely Short Timespan
The Atoner
Bloody Hilarious
Evil Is Hammy
Bond One-Liner
Pyrrhic Victory
Canadian Movies
Insult Backfire
Hollywood Law
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Only a Flesh Wound
Advertised Extra
Kids Are Cruel
Distracted by the Sexy
It's All About Me
Mr. Fanservice
Not So Above It All
Love at First Sight
Overly Long Gag
Kill It with Fire
Brick Joke
Crazy-Prepared
Not Using the "Z" Word
And I Must Scream
BrotherSister Incest
Spell My Name with an "S"
Sexy Discretion Shot
Blatant Lies
In the Back
Wicked Cultured
Bound and Gagged
He Who Fights Monsters
Adaptational Badass
Never My Fault
Together in Death
Genre Savvy
Face Death with Dignity
Badass in a Nice Suit
Token Minority
Five-Man Band
Fun with Acronyms
Apocalypse How
The Smurfette Principle
Cat Fight
Damsel in Distress
Serious Business
Romantic False Lead
Oh, Crap!
Awesome, but Impractical
Action Girl
Fourth Date Marriage
Card-Carrying Villain