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Green-Eyed Monster
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As You Know
Reasonable Authority Figure
Fourth Date Marriage
Double Entendre
Jerkass
Back from the Dead
Fat Bastard
Distracted by the Sexy
It's Personal
Truth in Television
Funny Foreigner
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Italian Films
This Is Gonna Suck
Fish out of Water
HeelFace Turn
The Musical
Grey and Gray Morality
NO INDOOR VOICE
Pyrrhic Victory
Papa Wolf
Badass in a Nice Suit
Foil
World of Ham
Coming-of-Age Story
Mr. Fanservice
Drugs Are Bad
Famous Last Words
Flashback
The Big Guy
Cool Guns
The Brute
Author Avatar
Anti-Villain
Every Car Is a Pinto
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Big Damn Heroes
Silent Movie
Historical Hero Upgrade
Dying Moment of Awesome
Animated Credits Opening
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Five-Man Band
Ungrateful Bastard
Meaningful Echo
Film Noir
Intergenerational Friendship
Artistic License History
Bar Brawl
Stealth Hi/Bye
Hell Is That Noise
Take That!
Obviously Evil
My Beloved Smother
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Only One Name
Sequel Escalation
Gone Horribly Right
Adaptation Name Change
An Arm and a Leg
Film Series
Darker and Edgier
The Cameo
Credits Gag
Plot Hole
Air-Vent Passageway
All There in the Manual
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Psychopathic Manchild
Meaningful Name
A Minor Kidroduction
The Ace
The Smurfette Principle
Self-Deprecation
Extreme Doormat
Rousing Speech
Adaptation Dye-Job
It Will Never Catch On
Took a Level in Badass
Our Vampires Are Different
Obfuscating Stupidity
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Adaptational Badass
Heroic Sacrifice
Facial Horror
Captain Obvious
Actually Pretty Funny
Manchild
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Sanity Slippage
Epic Movie
Pet the Dog
Bavarian Fire Drill
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Parental Substitute
Daylight Horror
Dirty Cop
Mythology Gag
The Load
Pay Evil unto Evil
Villain with Good Publicity
Pretty Little Headshots
Badass Boast
Body Horror
Dark Action Girl
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Fire-Forged Friends
More Dakka
Public Domain Feature Films
Taking the Bullet
The Dragon
Heroes Want Redheads
Accidental Misnaming
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Heroic BSoD
Bond Villain Stupidity
Idiot Ball
Better to Die than Be Killed
Chiaroscuro
Curb-Stomp Battle
Unreliable Narrator
Fantasy Films
Soft Glass
Manly Tears
Word of God
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Brainless Beauty
War Is Hell
Scare Chord
Silence Is Golden
Slasher Smile
Agony of the Feet
Naïve Newcomer
Ax-Crazy
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Heel Realization
Hypocrite
Psychological Thriller
Empathic Environment
Vitriolic Best Buds
An Aesop
Dual Wielding
The Chick
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Fake Shemp
MayDecember Romance
Amoral Attorney
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Eagleland
Canadian Movies
Babies Ever After
Bowdlerise
Black Comedy
Arch-Enemy
Camp Gay
Chekhov's Skill
Punny Name
Not What It Looks Like
Cat Scare
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
The '90s
Shirtless Scene
Amusing Injuries
Foregone Conclusion
Playing Gertrude
Big Bad Duumvirate
Blood from the Mouth
The Stoner
Pragmatic Villainy
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Damsel in Distress
Made of Explodium
The Power of Love
Card-Carrying Villain
From Bad to Worse
Creator Cameo
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
The Lancer
Drowning My Sorrows
Mama Bear
Hypocritical Humor
Your Head A-Splode
Cool Car
From Nobody to Nightmare
Romantic False Lead
Those Wacky Nazis
Humiliation Conga
Bilingual Bonus
True Companions
Say My Name
Unusual Euphemism
Stealth Pun
Creative Closing Credits
Protagonist Title
Villain Ball
Evil-Detecting Dog
Evil Is Hammy
Re-Cut
Ascended Extra
Mighty Whitey
Villain Protagonist
Light Is Not Good
An Axe to Grind
Chekhov's Gun
Adult Fear
You Killed My Father
Horror Films
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Greater-Scope Villain
After the End
Disproportionate Retribution
One-Word Title
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Missing Mom
Eyepatch of Power
Apocalypse How
Mad Scientist
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Last-Name Basis
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Revenge
Everyone Has Standards
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Hollywood Law
Early-Bird Cameo
A Father to His Men
Demonic Possession
Gilligan Cut
The '70s
Gainax Ending
And Starring
Bury Your Gays
Narrator
Instant Death Bullet
Fainting
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Vomit Discretion Shot
Domestic Abuse
Happily Married
Contrived Coincidence
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Rich Bitch
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Not Quite Dead
Artistic License Gun Safety
Big "NO!"
Took a Level in Jerkass
Stylistic Suck
Mood Whiplash
Ship Tease
Death of a Child
The Film of the Book
Never Trust a Trailer
How We Got Here
Bait-and-Switch
Bloodless Carnage
Soundtrack Dissonance
Loads and Loads of Characters
Race Lift
Guns Akimbo
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Badass Bookworm
'80s Hair
Mistaken for Gay
Storming the Castle
Pretty in Mink
Anachronic Order
Psycho for Hire
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Pimped-Out Dress
Big Bad
Alas, Poor Villain
I Need a Freaking Drink
Ominous Latin Chanting
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Parental Incest
Visual Pun
The Alleged Car
Lighter and Softer
Smug Snake
Broken Aesop
Asshole Victim
It Can Think
Riddle for the Ages
Would Hit a Girl
Pragmatic Adaptation
Malevolent Masked Men
Sinister Minister
Big Eater
Only in It for the Money
Annoying Younger Sibling
Darkest Hour
Wretched Hive
Ambiguous Ending
Bullying a Dragon
Badass Normal
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Sci-Fi Horror
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Cluster F-Bomb
Book-Ends
Ironic Echo
The Stinger
Implacable Man
Fate Worse than Death
Sassy Black Woman
Overly Long Gag
Posthumous Character
Cool Old Guy
Super Strength
Destination Defenestration
Cruel and Unusual Death
Sexy Discretion Shot
Not Using the "Z" Word
Anguished Declaration of Love
Evil Is Petty
Advertised Extra
Straight Gay
Jitter Cam
Here We Go Again!
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Faux Affably Evil
Actor Allusion
Driven to Suicide
The Chessmaster
Affably Evil
What You Are in the Dark
Kick the Dog
Hero of Another Story
Handicapped Badass
Deus ex Machina
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Woman Scorned
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Comically Missing the Point
The Lost Lenore
In Medias Res
Expy
Rape as Drama
Off with His Head!
The Hero
Skewed Priorities
Bare Your Midriff
Daddy's Girl
Death by Adaptation
Defrosting Ice Queen
Artistic License Military
Bald of Evil
Didn't Think This Through
Naked People Are Funny
Ambiguous Disorder
Time Skip
Ms. Fanservice
Nothing Is Scarier
Failed a Spot Check
Overprotective Dad
Cassandra Truth
The Mafia
Setting Update
Fanservice
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Works Set in World War II
Genre Savvy
BFG
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Film Noir Index
Bolivian Army Ending
Dutch Angle
Stuff Blowing Up
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Random Events Plot
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Disney Death
Big Applesauce
Madness Mantra
Those Two Bad Guys
Red Shirt
Redshirt Army
Shipper on Deck
Christmas Movies Index
Deadpan Snarker
A Date with Rosie Palms
Bittersweet Ending
Politically Incorrect Villain
Alliterative Name
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Improbable Weapon User
Death Glare
Blood Knight
Death Seeker
One Steve Limit
What the Hell, Hero?
All There in the Script
Badass Grandpa
Enemy Mine
MacGuffin
Hate Sink
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Captain Ersatz
Neck Lift
It's All About Me
Even Evil Has Standards
Central Theme
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Deal with the Devil
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Catch-Phrase
No Ending
Mugging the Monster
Dull Surprise
Did Not Get the Girl
All Just a Dream
Television Movie Index
Scenery Gorn
Wham Line
Shown Their Work
Index of Film Westerns
Adults Are Useless
Male Frontal Nudity
Vacation Films
Nice Hat
Car Fu
Anachronism Stew
Cloudcuckoolander
Dies Wide Open
No Antagonist
Shower Scene
The Dreaded
Demoted to Extra
Improbable Aiming Skills
Loophole Abuse
Break the Cutie
Authority Equals Asskicking
Whole Plot Reference
Fan Disservice
Retirony
Serious Business
Beard of Evil
Jerkass Has a Point
Early Installment Weirdness
Bad Boss
Author Appeal
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Video Credits
Determinator
Fun with Acronyms
Blackmail
Catapult Nightmare
No OSHA Compliance
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Race Against the Clock
Match Cut
Improvised Weapon
Star-Crossed Lovers
Running Gag
No Name Given
Bloody Hilarious
Kids Are Cruel
Fiery Redhead
Batman Gambit
Adaptational Villainy
Historical Villain Upgrade
The Smart Guy
Jump Scare
Vampire Fiction
Mooks
Leitmotif
Break the Haughty
Killed Mid-Sentence
Scary Black Man
Leave the Camera Running
Frame-Up
Karma Houdini
Despair Event Horizon
Continuity Nod
Ass Shove
Never My Fault
Antagonist Title
Evil Brit
Fatal Flaw
Up to Eleven
As Himself
Wicked Cultured
Death by Sex
Tap on the Head
Death by Irony
Grievous Bottley Harm
Anyone Can Die
Make It Look Like an Accident
Spell My Name with an "S"
Mundane Made Awesome
Spared by the Adaptation
Offscreen Teleportation
Cat Fight
Gold Digger
Does Not Like Shoes
Documentary
All Men Are Perverts
Translation Convention
Casting Gag
Fingore
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Twist Ending
Sole Survivor
Gratuitous English
Reality Has No Subtitles
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Real Life
Hong Kong Films
The Un-Reveal
French Films
Those Two Guys
Villain Opening Scene
Made of Iron
Only Known by Their Nickname
Not So Different
Really Gets Around
Big-Bad Ensemble
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Honor Before Reason
Mercy Kill
Wham Shot
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Curse Cut Short
Dressing as the Enemy
Taking You with Me
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Anti-Hero
Eldritch Abomination
Bring My Brown Pants
Establishing Character Moment
Bloodier and Gorier
Exact Words
Half the Man He Used to Be
Love Triangle
Retcon
Spiritual Successor
Crazy-Prepared
Eye Scream
Small Name, Big Ego
Cowboy Cop
Irony
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Belligerent Sexual Tension
The Place
Have a Gay Old Time
Abusive Parents
Sacrificial Lion
Evil Counterpart
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Fanservice Extra
Let's Get Dangerous!
Adorkable
Knife Nut
Parental Abandonment
Once More, with Clarity!
Jerk Jock
Framing Device
Precision F-Strike
Product Placement
Spanner in the Works
Developing Doomed Characters
Police Brutality
Artistic License Physics
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Thriller
The Faceless
She Cleans Up Nicely
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Great Depression
Sports Stories
Beware the Nice Ones
Canon Foreigner
Epic Fail
Dark and Troubled Past
Plucky Comic Relief
Expository Hairstyle Change
For Want of a Nail
Punch-Clock Villain
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Market-Based Title
Novelization
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Rasputinian Death
Call-Forward
Stepford Smiler
Maybe Ever After
Tempting Fate
Kill 'em All
Black Dude Dies First
Lampshade Hanging
Betty and Veronica
"Awesome McCool" Name
Final Girl
I'm a Humanitarian
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Genre Throwback
Kill It with Fire
Alpha Bitch
Shout-Out
Chewing the Scenery
Totally Radical
Australian Movies
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Bound and Gagged
Motor Mouth
Hair-Trigger Temper
Science Fiction Films
Logo Joke
Genre Shift
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Eureka Moment
I Did What I Had to Do
"Shaggy Dog" Story
As the Good Book Says...
Awesome, but Impractical
Zombie Stories
Artistic License Law
Your Cheating Heart
Ghost Fiction
Adaptation Expansion
The Alcoholic
The Atoner
Laughing Mad
Rule of Funny
Calling the Old Man Out
Fantastic Racism
Villainous Breakdown
Stalker with a Crush
Decoy Protagonist
Rewatch Bonus
Dwindling Party
Only Sane Man
Nice Guy
Evil Laugh
Male Gaze
Dramatic Irony
Face Death with Dignity
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Love at First Sight
Older Than They Look
Reckless Gun Usage
Becoming the Mask
Redemption Equals Death
Creepy Child
Our Zombies Are Different
The Sociopath
Police are Useless
Knight Templar
Villain Song
Biopic
Foreshadowing
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Meet Cute
Rule of Cool
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Outrun the Fireball
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Russian Films
Same Language Dub
Diabolus ex Machina
Children Are Innocent
Hero Antagonist
Dark Is Not Evil
Arranged Marriage
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
All for Nothing
Cain and Abel
N-Word Privileges
Mind Screw
Evil Sounds Deep
Bottomless Magazines
Mystery and Detective Films
Serial Killer
The '80s
Evil vs. Evil
Action Survivor
Laser-Guided Karma
Country Matters
Brutal Honesty
Manipulative Bastard
La Résistance
The '60s
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
One-Man Army
The Cavalry
Earn Your Happy Ending
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
He Who Fights Monsters
Chekhov's Gunman
Friend to All Children
Slashed Throat
Crucified Hero Shot
You Have Failed Me
Military and Warfare Films
The Bully
What Happened to the Mouse?
Camera Abuse
My Greatest Failure
Animal Motifs
Not So Above It All
Important Haircut
Kick the Son of a Bitch
The Casanova
Refuge in Audacity
FaceHeel Turn
Broken Bird
Tranquil Fury
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Costume Porn
Henpecked Husband
Animal Title Index
Room Full of Crazy
Dirty Old Man
Artistic License Geography
Beta Couple
Blatant Lies
Breaking the Fourth Wall
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Armor-Piercing Question
Intrepid Reporter
In the Back
Adaptation Distillation
Dumb Blonde
Character Development
Bland-Name Product
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
For the Evulz
The Voiceless
Artistic License Biology
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Affectionate Parody
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Cool Shades
Double-Meaning Title
Historical-Domain Character
Faking the Dead
Black Comedy Rape
BrotherSister Incest
Slap-Slap-Kiss
British Films
Superhero
Smoking Is Cool
Covers Always Lie
Stock Footage
Black Best Friend
Poor Communication Kills
Woman in White
Too Dumb to Live
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Flipping the Bird
Freudian Excuse
Mr. Exposition
Red Right Hand
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Cool Old Lady
Crapsack World
Sadistic Choice
Closed Circle
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Large Ham
No-Sell
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Wrong Genre Savvy
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Humans Are Bastards
Historical In-Joke
And I Must Scream
Only a Flesh Wound
Trailers Always Spoil
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Eiffel Tower Effect
Morality Pet
Gender Flip
Horror Comedy
Monumental Damage
The Reveal
The '50s
The Quiet One
Insistent Terminology
B-Movie
Dramedy
Bi the Way
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Based on a True Story
Conspicuous CG
Married to the Job
The Bad Guy Wins
Attempted Rape
Music Stories
Deliberately Monochrome
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Abhorrent Admirer
20 Minutes into the Future
Bad "Bad Acting"
Real Life Writes the Plot
Aside Glance
Interrupted Suicide
Action Prologue
Never Found the Body
Mexican Standoff
Noodle Incident
Retired Badass
Title Drop
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Dark Reprise
Romantic Comedy
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Put on a Bus
Depraved Bisexual
Broken Pedestal
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Butt-Monkey
Show Within a Show
Get Out!
Due to the Dead
Token Minority
And the Adventure Continues
Reality Is Unrealistic
Moment Killer
Slasher Movie
Adaptational Attractiveness
Neck Snap
Not So Stoic
Brick Joke
The X of Y
The Vamp
Japanese Films
Accidental Murder
Age Lift
Disney Villain Death
Hoist by His Own Petard
The Ditz
Groin Attack
Crazy Jealous Guy
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Line-of-Sight Name
The Stoic
The End... Or Is It?
Tagline
Paper-Thin Disguise
The Dog Bites Back
The Oner
Evil Plan
Non-Indicative Name
Yandere
Left the Background Music On
Scenery Porn
Reality Ensues
Hollywood Darkness
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Red Herring
A God Am I
She's Got Legs
Rule of Symbolism
Corpsing
Department of Redundancy Department
Informed Ability
Dramatic Gun Cock
Sealed Evil in a Can
Badass Longcoat
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
The Starscream
He Knows Too Much
Defiant to the End
Downer Ending
Properly Paranoid
Take a Third Option
Auto Erotica
Hidden Depths
Disappeared Dad
Combat Pragmatist
Undying Loyalty
The Remake
Ripped from the Headlines
Together in Death
Major Injury Underreaction
Dissonant Serenity
Black and Gray Morality
Homage
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Adapted Out
Extremely Short Timespan
Action Girl
Adaptational Heroism
Lock and Load Montage
Imagine Spot
The Hero Dies
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Ambiguously Gay
Gory Discretion Shot
Call-Back
Recycled IN SPACE!
Sequel Hook
Femme Fatale
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
The Ghost
Gorn
The Mole
Suddenly SHOUTING!
I Have Your Wife
Big Brother Instinct
Insult Backfire
Parental Neglect
Drives Like Crazy
Kubrick Stare
Toplessness from the Back
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Award-Bait Song
Meaningful Background Event
Rated M for Manly
Worthy Opponent
Arc Words
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Disguised in Drag
Man on Fire
Oh, Crap!
Insane Troll Logic
Big Fancy House
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Fatal Family Photo
Martial Arts Movie
Good Is Not Nice
Celebrity Paradox
Spiteful Spit
Deconstruction
Dogged Nice Guy
Almost Kiss
Guile Hero
Easily Forgiven
Karmic Death
Training Montage
Would Hurt a Child
Hope Spot
Action Genre
Funny Background Event
Immune to Bullets
Cold-Blooded Torture
Rule of Three
Chase Scene
Berserk Button
Boom, Headshot!
Bond One-Liner
In Name Only
German Films
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!