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