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