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