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