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