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