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