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