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