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