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