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