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