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