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