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