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