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