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