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