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