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Back from the Dead
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I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Adults Are Useless
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Cool Car
The Bad Guy Wins
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One-Word Title
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Canon Foreigner
The Hero
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Not So Different
Killed Mid-Sentence
Establishing Character Moment
Abusive Parents
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Playing Gertrude
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No Ending
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Smoking Is Cool
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Only One Name
Needs Wiki Magic Love
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
It's Personal
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Dramatic Irony
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You Killed My Father
Earn Your Happy Ending
Early-Bird Cameo
Not Using the "Z" Word
Evil Plan
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Our Vampires Are Different
Cool Old Guy
Funny Foreigner
Manchild
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Failed a Spot Check
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Ambiguous Ending
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Shown Their Work
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Cruel and Unusual Death
Zombie Stories
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Damsel in Distress
Hoist by His Own Petard
Anguished Declaration of Love
Riddle for the Ages
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Big-Bad Ensemble
Groin Attack
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Bar Brawl
Every Car Is a Pinto
Took a Level in Jerkass
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Break the Cutie
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
"Shaggy Dog" Story
One-Man Army
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Deus ex Machina
More Dakka
Spared by the Adaptation
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As You Know
Have a Gay Old Time
Determinator
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The End... Or Is It?
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Hate Sink
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Cool Old Lady
All for Nothing
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Wrong Genre Savvy
Music Stories
Cassandra Truth
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Children Are Innocent
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Pet the Dog
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Evil Sounds Deep
Disappeared Dad
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Irony
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Manipulative Bastard
Taking the Bullet
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Bloodier and Gorier
One Steve Limit
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Deal with the Devil
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The Dreaded
Spanner in the Works
Redshirt Army
Blatant Lies
Heroes Want Redheads
Call-Forward
Deliberately Monochrome
Anachronism Stew
Adult Fear
Knife Nut
Dogged Nice Guy
Last-Name Basis
Re-Cut
Sealed Evil in a Can
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Catch-Phrase
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Action Survivor
After the End
Empathic Environment
He Who Fights Monsters
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Mood Whiplash
Sole Survivor
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Never Found the Body
The Vamp
Crazy-Prepared
Big Bad Duumvirate
Green-Eyed Monster
Morality Pet
Chekhov's Gun
The Faceless
Spiritual Successor
Narrator
Sadistic Choice
Politically Incorrect Villain
Body Horror
Spiteful Spit
Paper-Thin Disguise
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Punny Name
Adaptation Name Change
Anti-Hero
Dark Is Not Evil
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Bare Your Midriff
Grey and Gray Morality
Actually Pretty Funny
Retired Badass
Biopic
Red Shirt
Hero of Another Story
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Villain Protagonist
Implacable Man
Crazy Jealous Guy
Evil vs. Evil
Meaningful Name
Off with His Head!
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
MacGuffin
How We Got Here
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Rule of Symbolism
Once More, with Clarity!
Age Lift
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Adaptational Badass
An Arm and a Leg
Star-Crossed Lovers
Dumb Blonde
Stalker with a Crush
Henpecked Husband
Badass in a Nice Suit
Soundtrack Dissonance
In Medias Res
In the Back
Properly Paranoid
Batman Gambit
Nice Hat
Immune to Bullets
Mugging the Monster
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
MayDecember Romance
Up to Eleven
Costume Porn
All There in the Manual
Eiffel Tower Effect
Wicked Cultured
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Big Applesauce
Ironic Echo
Hypocritical Humor
Pyrrhic Victory
Silence Is Golden
Your Cheating Heart
Woman in White
Missing Mom
Loads and Loads of Characters
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Shirtless Scene
Heroic Sacrifice
Scenery Porn
Bald of Evil
Cool Shades
Ripped from the Headlines
Market-Based Title
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Mind Screw
Storming the Castle
Christmas Movies Index
Twist Ending
Race Lift
Artistic License Geography
Obfuscating Stupidity
The Film of the Book
Freudian Excuse
Death by Adaptation
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Serial Killer
Rule of Cool
Pretty in Mink
Despair Event Horizon
The Ghost
Large Ham
Take a Third Option
Setting Update
Reality Has No Subtitles
Only in It for the Money
Continuity Nod
Fish out of Water
Psychopathic Manchild
Calling the Old Man Out
Meaningful Echo
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Eagleland
The Mafia
I'm a Humanitarian
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Evil Laugh
Kids Are Cruel
Here We Go Again!
Berserk Button
Mr. Fanservice
For the Evulz
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Accidental Misnaming
The Place
Crapsack World
Mad Scientist
Decoy Protagonist
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
From Nobody to Nightmare
Contrived Coincidence
Parental Incest
Bilingual Bonus
Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Starscream
What Happened to the Mouse?
B-Movie
The '70s
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Abhorrent Admirer
Show Within a Show
Disguised in Drag
This Is Gonna Suck
Better to Die than Be Killed
Drugs Are Bad
Gory Discretion Shot
I Did What I Had to Do
Film Noir Index
Fantastic Racism
Bullying a Dragon
Plot Hole
Sanity Slippage
Eyepatch of Power
Dies Wide Open
My Beloved Smother
Never My Fault
Guns Akimbo
Fanservice Extra
Face Death with Dignity
Woman Scorned
Facial Horror
Anachronic Order
Protagonist Title
Ungrateful Bastard
French Films
Kill It with Fire
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Outrun the Fireball
Happily Married
Cool Guns
The Load
Naïve Newcomer
Author Avatar
Curb-Stomp Battle
Friend to All Children
Naked People Are Funny
Parental Substitute
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Training Montage
Big "NO!"
Bavarian Fire Drill
Babies Ever After
Hong Kong Films
Jitter Cam
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Made of Iron
The Great Depression
Undying Loyalty
Too Dumb to Live
Bring My Brown Pants
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Meet Cute
Expy
Public Domain Feature Films
Fake Shemp
Combat Pragmatist
The Stinger
All There in the Script
Didn't Think This Through
Took a Level in Badass
Defiant to the End
Translation Convention
Villainous Breakdown
Bland-Name Product
Betty and Veronica
Tap on the Head
Spell My Name with an "S"
Bad "Bad Acting"
Evil Is Petty
The Casanova
Male Gaze
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Animal Title Index
Villain Ball
True Companions
Yandere
Line-of-Sight Name
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Humans Are Bastards
Diabolus ex Machina
Laser-Guided Karma
Darkest Hour
Revenge
Mexican Standoff
Artistic License Law
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Villain Opening Scene
And I Must Scream
Fate Worse than Death
Exact Words
Rated M for Manly
British Films
Awesome, but Impractical
Improvised Weapon
Humiliation Conga
Small Name, Big Ego
Big Eater
Instant Death Bullet
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
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Half the Man He Used to Be
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Stealth Hi/Bye
Celebrity Paradox
Attempted Rape
Ass Shove
Break the Haughty
Wham Shot
Creative Closing Credits
Worthy Opponent
Only Known by Their Nickname
Badass Grandpa
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Recycled IN SPACE!
Punch-Clock Villain
Mundane Made Awesome
Stock Footage
Country Matters
World of Ham
Stuff Blowing Up
Insult Backfire
Hollywood Law
Accidental Murder
Well-Intentioned Extremist
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Alcoholic
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Cowboy Cop
Manly Tears
Dark Reprise
Same Language Dub
Daddy's Girl
Dying Moment of Awesome
Casting Gag
Demonic Possession
Five-Man Band
The Ditz
HeelFace Turn
Crucified Hero Shot
Skewed Priorities
Rousing Speech
Historical-Domain Character
Idiot Ball
Disney Death
Dressing as the Enemy
Destination Defenestration
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Meaningful Background Event
Stylistic Suck
Foil
Bloody Hilarious
Rasputinian Death
Bad Boss
Gainax Ending
Historical In-Joke
Mercy Kill
Scenery Gorn
Book-Ends
Tempting Fate
Fingore
Genre Shift
Malevolent Masked Men
What the Hell, Hero?
Red Right Hand
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Cloudcuckoolander
It Can Think
Flashback
The Cavalry
Gender Flip
Sinister Minister
Sassy Black Woman
Ambiguously Gay
And Starring
Kill 'em All
The Alleged Car
Captain Obvious
Retcon
Fun with Acronyms
The Oner
Closed Circle
The Power of Love
Not What It Looks Like
Be Careful What You Wish For
Non-Indicative Name
Military and Warfare Films
Leave the Camera Running
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
The Brute
Make It Look Like an Accident
Genre Savvy
Sports Stories
Air-Vent Passageway
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Covers Always Lie
Real Life Writes the Plot
Shipper on Deck
All Just a Dream
Villain with Good Publicity
Whole Plot Reference
Drives Like Crazy
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
The Dog Bites Back
Mr. Exposition
Bottomless Magazines
Arch-Enemy
Slashed Throat
Bloodless Carnage
Overly Long Gag
She's Got Legs
'80s Hair
Dissonant Serenity
Handicapped Badass
Motor Mouth
Ship Tease
Final Girl
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Novelization
The Dragon
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Hypocrite
Mooks
No Antagonist
German Films
Our Zombies Are Different
Animated Credits Opening
Not So Stoic
Did Not Get the Girl
Adaptational Heroism
Central Theme
Neck Snap
Enemy Mine
Mighty Whitey
Fiery Redhead
Action Girl
Artistic License Physics
Alas, Poor Villain
The '80s
Ominous Latin Chanting
NO INDOOR VOICE
Serious Business
Ax-Crazy
My God, What Have I Done?
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Oh, Crap!
Nothing Is Scarier
Alpha Bitch
Disney Villain Death
Rewatch Bonus
Anti-Villain
Redemption Equals Death
Artistic License Gun Safety
Unusual Euphemism
Action Prologue
Everyone Has Standards
Noodle Incident
The Lancer
Leitmotif
Foreshadowing
Those Two Guys
Plucky Comic Relief
20 Minutes into the Future
Double Entendre
Black Best Friend
Extremely Short Timespan
Armor-Piercing Question
Adaptation Dye-Job
Big Fancy House
Shower Scene
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Dark and Troubled Past
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Sequel Hook
Cold-Blooded Torture
Author Appeal
The '90s
Insistent Terminology
In Name Only
Posthumous Character
Beard of Evil
Bait-and-Switch
And the Adventure Continues
Parental Abandonment
I Need a Freaking Drink
The Musical
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Jerkass Has a Point
Jerk Jock
The Atoner
Corrupt Corporate Executive
The Stoner
You Have Failed Me
Chiaroscuro
Composite Character
Pimped-Out Dress
Death Seeker
Brick Joke
Call-Back
The Cameo
Psycho for Hire
Vitriolic Best Buds
BrotherSister Incest
Say My Name
Big Damn Heroes
Slasher Smile
Match Cut
Obviously Evil
Ghost Fiction
Faking the Dead
Based on a True Story
Good Is Not Nice
Alliterative Name
Would Hit a Girl
Black Dude Dies First
Rich Bitch
Karmic Death
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
I Have Your Wife
Madness Mantra
Moment Killer
It Will Never Catch On
Truth in Television
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
The Chessmaster
Take That!
Fatal Flaw
The Smurfette Principle
Broken Aesop
Dirty Old Man
Those Two Bad Guys
For Want of a Nail
Love Triangle
Creator Cameo
Fantasy Films
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Kick the Dog
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Let's Get Dangerous!
Running Gag
Arranged Marriage
Cain and Abel
Chekhov's Skill
Black and Gray Morality
Becoming the Mask
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
As the Good Book Says...
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Historical Villain Upgrade
Corpsing
Bond Villain Stupidity
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Disproportionate Retribution
Your Head A-Splode
It's All About Me
Downer Ending
The Sociopath
Affectionate Parody
Mythology Gag
Pragmatic Adaptation
Tagline
Made of Explodium
Totally Radical
Romantic False Lead
Artistic License Biology
She Cleans Up Nicely
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
What You Are in the Dark
Interrupted Suicide
An Aesop
A Father to His Men
Camp Gay
Black Comedy
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Award-Bait Song
Stealth Pun
Silent Movie
Action Genre
Flipping the Bird
Wham Line
Get Out!
Really Gets Around
Intrepid Reporter
The '50s
Hollywood Darkness
Fat Bastard
Pay Evil unto Evil
Only Sane Man
Cat Scare
Fire-Forged Friends
Funny Background Event
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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Death Glare
Hero Antagonist
Love at First Sight