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