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