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