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