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