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