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