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