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