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