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Improbable Infant Survival
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
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Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
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Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
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You Killed My Father
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Friend to All Children
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Determinator
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MacGuffin
Oh, Crap!
Not So Above It All
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
No Antagonist
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Slashed Throat
Babies Ever After
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Disney Villain Death
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Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Chekhov's Skill
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Wham Shot
Lock and Load Montage
Expository Hairstyle Change
The Stoner
Gratuitous English
Epic Movie
Let's Get Dangerous!
Ironic Echo
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Big Eater
Adapted Out
For the Evulz
BrotherSister Incest
Kick the Dog
An Axe to Grind
What Happened to the Mouse?
Real Life
Age Lift
Brutal Honesty
Neck Lift
Action Girl
Japanese Films
Villain Ball
Never Trust a Trailer
Rule of Three
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Big Bad Duumvirate
Older Than They Look
Public Domain Feature Films
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Laughing Mad
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Death Glare
All There in the Manual
Time Skip
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Fourth Date Marriage
Redemption Equals Death
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FaceHeel Turn
Easily Forgiven
The Lost Lenore
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Affectionate Parody
Psycho for Hire
Not So Different
Children Are Innocent
Arch-Enemy
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Together in Death
Homage
He Knows Too Much
Christmas Movies Index
Leave the Camera Running
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Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Wham Line
Reality Is Unrealistic
You Have Failed Me
All Just a Dream
Black Dude Dies First
Trailers Always Spoil
Determinator
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The Sociopath
Blatant Lies
Adaptation Distillation
Real Life Writes the Plot
Accidental Murder
Berserk Button
Deal with the Devil
Did Not Get the Girl
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Adaptational Villainy
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Villainous Breakdown
How We Got Here
Rule of Cool
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Darkest Hour
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Truth in Television
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Ms. Fanservice
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I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Once More, with Clarity!
Pretty in Mink
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Animated Credits Opening
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The Film of the Book
Black Best Friend
Evil vs. Evil
True Companions
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Rule of Funny
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Make It Look Like an Accident
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All Girls Want Bad Boys
Be Careful What You Wish For
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Only in It for the Money
Chiaroscuro
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Say My Name
He Who Fights Monsters
Dwindling Party
Riddle for the Ages
Bring My Brown Pants
Anguished Declaration of Love
Break the Haughty
Lighter and Softer
I'm a Humanitarian
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Guile Hero
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Break the Cutie
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Light Is Not Good
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Villain Opening Scene
Too Dumb to Live
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Bond Villain Stupidity
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War Is Hell
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Extremely Short Timespan
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
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Almost Kiss
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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Woman in White
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One Steve Limit
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Badass in a Nice Suit
Blood Knight
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My Greatest Failure
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Only a Flesh Wound
Alpha Bitch
Enemy Mine
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Beard of Evil
Jerkass
Would Hurt a Child
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Evil Brit
Crazy-Prepared
For Want of a Nail
Nothing Is Scarier
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Index of Film Westerns
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Author Appeal
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It Will Never Catch On
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Not So Stoic
The Smart Guy
Pyrrhic Victory
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Kids Are Cruel
Dirty Coward
Dark Is Not Evil
The Remake
Dramatic Gun Cock
All Men Are Perverts
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Bottomless Magazines
Get Out!
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
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Adults Are Useless
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Sealed Evil in a Can
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Wicked Cultured
Insane Troll Logic
The Big Guy
Bald of Evil
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Sadistic Choice
Took a Level in Jerkass
Five-Man Band
Adaptation Name Change
I Did What I Had to Do
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Tagline
Fatal Family Photo
Award-Bait Song
Calling the Old Man Out
Motor Mouth
In the Back
Hollywood Law
Race Against the Clock
Humans Are Bastards
Ripped from the Headlines
Reckless Gun Usage
Genre Savvy
What You Are in the Dark
Rule of Symbolism
The Lancer
Spiritual Successor
Extreme Doormat
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
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Big Fancy House
Smoking Is Cool
The Vamp
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Better to Die than Be Killed
Daddy's Girl
Auto Erotica
Shut Up, Hannibal!
An Aesop
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I Need a Freaking Drink
Bait-and-Switch
The Stinger
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Cat Scare
Spiteful Spit
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Death by Adaptation
Only Known by Their Nickname
Deus ex Machina
Rated M for Manly
Fish out of Water
Kill It with Fire
BFG
Tranquil Fury
Catapult Nightmare
Final Girl
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Brainless Beauty
Funny Foreigner
Mama Bear
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Back from the Dead
Recycled IN SPACE!
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Animal Motifs
Foil
The Ace
Never My Fault
Double Entendre
Imagine Spot
"Awesome McCool" Name
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Continuity Nod
Betty and Veronica
Air-Vent Passageway
Epic Fail
Gory Discretion Shot
The Chessmaster
Cool Guns
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Token Minority
Evil Laugh
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Refuge in Audacity
Bullying a Dragon
Big "NO!"
Facial Horror
Posthumous Character
The Mole
Self-Deprecation
Military and Warfare Films
Not Quite Dead
Black and Gray Morality
Dual Wielding
20 Minutes into the Future
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Retired Badass
Neck Snap
She Cleans Up Nicely
La Résistance
Guns Akimbo
Eyepatch of Power
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Soundtrack Dissonance
Paper-Thin Disguise
Victoria's Secret Compartment
The Chick
All There in the Script
Only One Name
Obfuscating Stupidity
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Anti-Hero
Advertised Extra
Informed Ability
Not What It Looks Like
Loophole Abuse
Heroic Sacrifice
Thriller
The Mafia
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Stepford Smiler
Foregone Conclusion
Famous Last Words
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Instant Death Bullet
Destination Defenestration
timeperiod
Mr. Fanservice
Dissonant Serenity
Action Genre
Training Montage
Groin Attack
Never Found the Body
Ungrateful Bastard
No-Sell
Mythology Gag
Cain and Abel
Took a Level in Badass
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Sequel Escalation
Running Gag
Jerk Jock
Canon Foreigner
The Brute
Sports Stories
Chase Scene
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Intrepid Reporter
One-Man Army
The Un-Reveal
Freudian Excuse
Badass Boast
Title Drop
And the Adventure Continues
Rousing Speech
Here We Go Again!
Greater-Scope Villain
Kill 'em All
Race Lift
Bloody Hilarious
I Have Your Wife
Product Placement
Everyone Has Standards
Evil Is Hammy
Grievous Bottley Harm
Sacrificial Lion
N-Word Privileges
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Twist Ending
Australian Movies
Agony of the Feet
Match Cut
Attempted Rape
Cluster F-Bomb
Earn Your Happy Ending
Last-Name Basis
Mugging the Monster
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Fan Disservice
Bloodless Carnage
Fingore
The Hero Dies
It's All About Me
MayDecember Romance
Put on a Bus
Nice Hat
One-Word Title
Historical In-Joke
Costume Porn
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Department of Redundancy Department
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Humiliation Conga
Science Fiction Films
Bond One-Liner
Politically Incorrect Villain
Apocalypse How
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Ominous Latin Chanting
Video Credits
Retirony
Gone Horribly Right
Storming the Castle
Random Events Plot
Stuff Blowing Up
Those Two Guys
Crazy Jealous Guy
Authority Equals Asskicking
Dramedy
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Horror Films
Naked People Are Funny
Damsel in Distress
Defrosting Ice Queen
Karmic Death
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Death by Irony
Monumental Damage
Meaningful Echo
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Cold-Blooded Torture
Butt-Monkey
Annoying Younger Sibling
Psychopathic Manchild
Green-Eyed Monster
Failed a Spot Check
Sequel Hook
Jitter Cam
Bare Your Midriff
Early Installment Weirdness
Artistic License Gun Safety
My God, What Have I Done?
Artistic License Biology
Bilingual Bonus
Double-Meaning Title
Male Gaze
Pragmatic Adaptation
Femme Fatale
Take That!
Ship Tease
Immune to Bullets
The '50s
From Bad to Worse
Canadian Movies
Maybe Ever After
Police Brutality
Silence Is Golden
Film Series
Loads and Loads of Characters
The Bad Guy Wins
Alliterative Name
Cool Shades
The Starscream
Mundane Made Awesome
Not Using the "Z" Word
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Amoral Attorney
Reality Ensues
Police are Useless
Dark Action Girl
The Ditz
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Insistent Terminology
The Atoner
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
The Oner
Romantic False Lead
Word of God
Cruel and Unusual Death
In Name Only
She's Got Legs
Nice Guy
Retcon
Horror Comedy
Missing Mom
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Call-Forward
Rape as Drama
Armor-Piercing Question
Made of Explodium
Off with His Head!
Eye Scream
Hypocrite
Author Avatar
Dark Reprise
Rich Bitch
Serial Killer
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Pet the Dog
Sexy Discretion Shot
Eiffel Tower Effect
Ghost Fiction
Framing Device
Comically Missing the Point
Combat Pragmatist
Overly Long Gag
Faking the Dead
Television Movie Index
The '70s
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Catch-Phrase
Evil-Detecting Dog
Russian Films
British Films
Awesome, but Impractical
Dying Moment of Awesome
Henpecked Husband
The Voiceless
Novelization
Would Hit a Girl
Sci-Fi Horror
Sinister Minister
Creator Cameo
Your Head A-Splode
Mad Scientist
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Taking the Bullet
The Quiet One
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Idiot Ball
Male Frontal Nudity
Improbable Aiming Skills
Interrupted Suicide
Faux Affably Evil
It's Personal
Adaptation Dye-Job
Adaptational Attractiveness
Martial Arts Movie
A Father to His Men
Anyone Can Die
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Beta Couple
Drives Like Crazy
Beware the Nice Ones
Big Bad
Badass Bookworm
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Adaptational Badass
Take a Third Option
Blackmail
Our Zombies Are Different
Important Haircut
Face Death with Dignity
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Precision F-Strike
Dumb Blonde
Artistic License History
This Is Gonna Suck
Have a Gay Old Time
Chekhov's Gun
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Irony
Man on Fire
Spell My Name with an "S"
Death by Sex
The Place
Curse Cut Short
Love Triangle
Gold Digger
Dirty Cop
Knife Nut
Artistic License Physics
And Starring
Diabolus ex Machina
Deliberately Monochrome
Demonic Possession
Empathic Environment
Genre Shift
Stealth Pun
Grey and Gray Morality
The Faceless
Vampire Fiction
Hidden Depths
Drowning My Sorrows
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
NO INDOOR VOICE
Zombie Stories
Lampshade Hanging
Bury Your Gays
Despair Event Horizon
The Alcoholic
Red Right Hand
Adaptational Heroism
All for Nothing
Rasputinian Death
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Parental Incest
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Biopic
Mr. Exposition
Bland-Name Product
Manchild
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Composite Character
Casting Gag
Captain Obvious
HeelFace Turn
Cassandra Truth
The Cameo
Anachronism Stew
Big Damn Heroes
Action Prologue
Half the Man He Used to Be
Straight Gay
Based on a True Story
Rewatch Bonus
Music Stories
Vomit Discretion Shot
Protagonist Title
Taking You with Me
Punny Name
Asshole Victim
Heroic BSoD
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Only Sane Man
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Totally Radical
The Reveal
Hero Antagonist
The Bully
Up to Eleven
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Translation Convention
Black Comedy Rape
The Smurfette Principle
The '90s
The '80s
Romantic Comedy
Ascended Extra
Mooks
Foreshadowing
Worthy Opponent
Bloodier and Gorier
Bowdlerise
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
The Stoic
Stylistic Suck
Good Is Not Nice
Disappeared Dad
Bad Boss
Narrator
Madness Mantra
Fanservice Extra
Non-Indicative Name
Wretched Hive
As You Know
Shout-Out
Mind Screw
Parental Substitute
Cool Old Guy
Bad "Bad Acting"
No Name Given
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Overprotective Dad
Broken Aesop
Contrived Coincidence
Yandere
Character Development
Exact Words
The Hero
My Beloved Smother
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
The Power of Love
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Jerkass Has a Point
Darker and Edgier
Killed Mid-Sentence
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Woman Scorned
Black Comedy
Closed Circle
The Musical
Evil Counterpart
Meaningful Name
Scenery Porn
Small Name, Big Ego
Shipper on Deck
Gilligan Cut
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Parental Neglect
Bi the Way
Driven to Suicide
Mood Whiplash
Sole Survivor
A God Am I
What the Hell, Hero?
Spanner in the Works
Defiant to the End
Spared by the Adaptation
Genre Throwback
Historical Villain Upgrade
Broken Bird
Abusive Parents
The Cavalry
Deconstruction
Deliberate Values Dissonance