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