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