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