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