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