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