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