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