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