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