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