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