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