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