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