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