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