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