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What You Are in the Dark
Love Triangle
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An Arm and a Leg
Really Gets Around
Defiant to the End
Fat Bastard
Pyrrhic Victory
Recycled IN SPACE!
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Badass Grandpa
No Celebrities Were Harmed
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Unresolved Sexual Tension
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Homage
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All Just a Dream
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Authority Equals Asskicking
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Retired Badass
Damsel in Distress
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Stuff Blowing Up
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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Light Is Not Good
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Non-Indicative Name
The Film of the Book
After the End
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Put on a Bus
Take That!
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It Can Think
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Costume Porn
Kids Are Cruel
Chekhov's Skill
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Mr. Fanservice
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Police are Useless
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Death of a Child
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Country Matters
Make It Look Like an Accident
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He Who Fights Monsters
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
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Adaptational Badass
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Alas, Poor Villain
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Pretty in Mink
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Redshirt Army
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Not Quite Dead
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Cool Old Guy
Anyone Can Die
Fate Worse than Death
She Cleans Up Nicely
Ax-Crazy
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It Will Never Catch On
Jerkass
Mistaken for Gay
Beta Couple
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This Is Gonna Suck
Defrosting Ice Queen
The Brute
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Mad Scientist
As You Know
Crucified Hero Shot
Blackmail
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Creator Cameo
Demonic Possession
Rated M for Manly
Hidden Depths
Double Entendre
Beard of Evil
Loads and Loads of Characters
Dissonant Serenity
Celebrity Paradox
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
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Abhorrent Admirer
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Daddy's Girl
Crapsack World
Bland-Name Product
A God Am I
Fan Disservice
Thriller
Those Wacky Nazis
HeelFace Turn
Gilligan Cut
Award-Bait Song
What the Hell, Hero?
Vomit Discretion Shot
Retirony
Interrupted Suicide
Christmas Movies Index
Politically Incorrect Villain
NO INDOOR VOICE
Same Language Dub
Grey and Gray Morality
Spell My Name with an "S"
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Gainax Ending
Combat Pragmatist
The Bully
Kill It with Fire
Sole Survivor
Broken Pedestal
Not What It Looks Like
Broken Bird
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Frame-Up
Rule of Cool
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Stealth Pun
Epic Fail
Bavarian Fire Drill
Took a Level in Badass
Grievous Bottley Harm
Nice Hat
Gratuitous English
Time Skip
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Extremely Short Timespan
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Big Brother Instinct
Parental Abandonment
Wham Line
Chekhov's Gun
Wicked Cultured
Honor Before Reason
Naked People Are Funny
Only Known by Their Nickname
The Lancer
Motor Mouth
Closed Circle
Abusive Parents
Scenery Gorn
Black Comedy
Bottomless Magazines
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Sci-Fi Horror
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Papa Wolf
Action Girl
Hate Sink
Storming the Castle
Bare Your Midriff
All for Nothing
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Zombie Stories
Covers Always Lie
Big Eater
Broken Aesop
Villainous Breakdown
Ascended Extra
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Red Herring
Diabolus ex Machina
Important Haircut
Once More, with Clarity!
Dumb Blonde
Artistic License Biology
Disproportionate Retribution
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Intergenerational Friendship
Meet Cute
Funny Foreigner
Police Brutality
Those Two Guys
One-Word Title
Fatal Flaw
Comically Missing the Point
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Humans Are Bastards
Spiritual Successor
Imagine Spot
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Curb-Stomp Battle
Dark Action Girl
Disney Death
Awesome, but Impractical
The Bad Guy Wins
Domestic Abuse
Those Two Bad Guys
Half the Man He Used to Be
Male Frontal Nudity
Brutal Honesty
Continuity Nod
Pretty Little Headshots
Riddle for the Ages
Twist Ending
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Narrator
Card-Carrying Villain
Romantic False Lead
Public Domain Feature Films
Drugs Are Bad
Gone Horribly Right
Whole Plot Reference
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Jitter Cam
Handicapped Badass
Dirty Cop
Shower Scene
Amusing Injuries
Married to the Job
The Dreaded
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Plot Hole
Novelization
Cool Guns
Television Movie Index
Taking You with Me
Superhero
Psycho for Hire
Captain Obvious
Karma Houdini
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
As the Good Book Says...
Bring My Brown Pants
Everyone Has Standards
Sequel Escalation
Car Fu
Parental Neglect
Plucky Comic Relief
Agony of the Feet
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Slasher Smile
You Killed My Father
Worthy Opponent
Bowdlerise
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Knight Templar
Big Applesauce
Credits Gag
The Mafia
Book-Ends
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Cool Car
Amoral Attorney
Line-of-Sight Name
Mugging the Monster
Bolivian Army Ending
Humiliation Conga
Breaking the Fourth Wall
All There in the Script
Hollywood Darkness
Only One Name
Not So Above It All
Darkest Hour
Rich Bitch
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Big Fancy House
Red Shirt
As Himself
Batman Gambit
Would Hit a Girl
The Stinger
Tranquil Fury
Fake Shemp
Gender Flip
Bait-and-Switch
Call-Forward
Improvised Weapon
The Oner
One-Man Army
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Manly Tears
Only a Flesh Wound
Irony
Based on a True Story
Guile Hero
Hoist by His Own Petard
Super Strength
Properly Paranoid
Missing Mom
Double-Meaning Title
Lighter and Softer
Mama Bear
Title Drop
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Woman Scorned
Overprotective Dad
Famous Last Words
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Genre Savvy
Betty and Veronica
Bad "Bad Acting"
Neck Lift
Silent Movie
Red Right Hand
Fanservice Extra
Moment Killer
Age Lift
Dirty Coward
For Want of a Nail
Did Not Get the Girl
Chiaroscuro
Sir Swears-a-Lot
La Résistance
Central Theme
Driven to Suicide
Pragmatic Adaptation
Animal Title Index
No-Sell
Rape as Drama
Evil Sounds Deep
Smoking Is Cool
The Sociopath
Cat Scare
Anguished Declaration of Love
Historical Villain Upgrade
Revenge
Naïve Newcomer
Artistic License Gun Safety
The '50s
Spared by the Adaptation
Implacable Man
Creative Closing Credits
Berserk Button
Real Life
Aside Glance
Armor-Piercing Question
Contrived Coincidence
Ambiguous Ending
The Power of Love
Adaptation Distillation
Hong Kong Films
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Calling the Old Man Out
Pimped-Out Dress
Establishing Character Moment
Vampire Fiction
Hero Antagonist
Arch-Enemy