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