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