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