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