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