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