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Friend to All Children
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Gory Discretion Shot
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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Reality Is Unrealistic
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Take That!
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What You Are in the Dark
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He Who Fights Monsters
Wicked Cultured
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Redemption Equals Death
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Abusive Parents
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Here We Go Again!
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You Have Failed Me
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Big "NO!"
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
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Big Brother Instinct
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Lock and Load Montage
Fatal Family Photo
Not What It Looks Like
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Neck Snap
Stalker with a Crush
Worthy Opponent
Dies Wide Open
Drowning My Sorrows
Break the Haughty
Femme Fatale
Truth in Television
Once More, with Clarity!
Martial Arts Movie
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Naïve Newcomer
An Arm and a Leg
Credits Gag
Ms. Fanservice
Adaptation Dye-Job
The Voiceless
Bolivian Army Ending
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After the End
Our Zombies Are Different
Genre Shift
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Taking the Bullet
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Big Fancy House
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Cloudcuckoolander
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Kids Are Cruel
Actor Allusion
From Nobody to Nightmare
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It Can Think
Intergenerational Friendship
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Cowboy Cop
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
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Not So Different
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Gratuitous English
Those Two Guys
Freudian Excuse
Calling the Old Man Out
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Neck Lift
Dropped a Bridge on Him
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Those Wacky Nazis
Ax-Crazy
Decoy Protagonist
Non-Indicative Name
Real Life
Playing Gertrude
An Aesop
Chekhov's Gun
Never Found the Body
Pretty Little Headshots
Serial Killer
Failed a Spot Check
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The Atoner
Naked People Are Funny
Kill It with Fire
Bad "Bad Acting"
Greater-Scope Villain
Defiant to the End
Noodle Incident
Self-Deprecation
The Remake
Cool Old Guy
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Closed Circle
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Narrator
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Victoria's Secret Compartment
Adults Are Useless
Parental Neglect
Sadistic Choice
Romantic False Lead
Soft Glass
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Red Herring
More Dakka
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
The Load
Gold Digger
In Medias Res
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Mooks
Beard of Evil
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Ungrateful Bastard
Animal Title Index
Costume Porn
Overly Long Gag
Gone Horribly Right
Cold-Blooded Torture
Hidden Depths
Badass Normal
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Pun
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Meet Cute
Only One Name
Big Applesauce
Comically Missing the Point
Breaking the Fourth Wall
The Dog Bites Back
Darkest Hour
Have a Gay Old Time
Canon Foreigner
Eldritch Abomination
Never Trust a Trailer
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Storming the Castle
Punch-Clock Villain
War Is Hell
The Bad Guy Wins
Reckless Gun Usage
Would Hit a Girl
Knight Templar
The Stoner
Fake Shemp
Madness Mantra
Bloodier and Gorier
The Oner
Continuity Nod
Obstructive Bureaucrat
The Ace
Evil Brit
Based on a True Story
Dark Is Not Evil
Groin Attack
Disney Death
Cruel and Unusual Death
The Stinger
Italian Films
The Chick
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Translation Convention
Logo Joke
The Reveal
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Paper-Thin Disguise
Bound and Gagged
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
As the Good Book Says...
Word of God
Missing Mom
Big-Bad Ensemble
Police Brutality
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Downer Ending
Stuff Blowing Up
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Your Cheating Heart
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Villainous Breakdown
It's Personal
Last-Name Basis
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
20 Minutes into the Future
Romantic Comedy
Face Death with Dignity
Vitriolic Best Buds
Establishing Character Moment
Adult Fear
In the Back
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Rated M for Manly
She's Got Legs
Death Seeker
Ambiguous Ending
Double Entendre
The Mole
Wretched Hive
Public Domain Feature Films
Mood Whiplash
You Killed My Father
Plucky Comic Relief
Dwindling Party
Tranquil Fury
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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Only in It for the Money
Shower Scene
Cain and Abel
Time Skip
One-Word Title
Up to Eleven
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Hoist by His Own Petard
Revenge
It's All About Me