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