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