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