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