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