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