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