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