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Nice Hat
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All for Nothing
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Anyone Can Die
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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Big "NO!"
Every Car Is a Pinto
Bury Your Gays
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As You Know
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Redemption Equals Death
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
Crapsack World
Armor-Piercing Question
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Crazy Jealous Guy
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Good Is Not Nice
Break the Haughty
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Central Theme
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
As the Good Book Says...
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Friend to All Children
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Would Hit a Girl
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Ripped from the Headlines
Only Known by Their Nickname
Dies Wide Open
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Ambiguous Disorder
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
All There in the Script
Take a Third Option
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Dwindling Party
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Kill 'em All
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Riddle for the Ages
An Arm and a Leg
Never Trust a Trailer
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Suddenly SHOUTING!
The Big Guy
This Is Gonna Suck
Adaptation Distillation
Captain Obvious
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Poor Communication Kills
Everyone Has Standards
Deal with the Devil
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Villain with Good Publicity
FaceHeel Turn
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Cat Scare
Scary Black Man
'80s Hair
Eyepatch of Power
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Artistic License Law
Cool Old Lady
Attempted Rape
Back from the Dead
The Cavalry
Silence Is Golden
Advertised Extra
Meaningful Echo
Exact Words
Evil Brit
Casting Gag
Fatal Flaw
The Alleged Car
Laser-Guided Karma
Super Strength
Your Cheating Heart
Mr. Fanservice
I'm a Humanitarian
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Spanner in the Works
Self-Deprecation
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Death Seeker
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Hate Sink
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Karma Houdini
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Fantasy Films
The Voiceless
Jerkass
Improbable Weapon User
The '60s
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Author Appeal
Badass in a Nice Suit
Heel Realization
Dying Moment of Awesome
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
He Knows Too Much
No Ending
Noodle Incident
Alpha Bitch
Rewatch Bonus
Bait-and-Switch
Adaptational Villainy
A Minor Kidroduction
Major Injury Underreaction
Bolivian Army Ending
Henpecked Husband
Neck Snap
Small Name, Big Ego
The Ghost
Tagline
Pay Evil unto Evil
Mexican Standoff
Line-of-Sight Name
Tap on the Head
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The X of Y
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Badass Grandpa
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
War Is Hell
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Hero of Another Story
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Take That!
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Our Vampires Are Different
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Hell Is That Noise
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Kick the Son of a Bitch
Narrator
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Easily Forgiven
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Catapult Nightmare
All There in the Manual
Revenge
Parental Incest
Important Haircut
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Disappeared Dad
Only Sane Man
A Date with Rosie Palms
Setting Update
The Un-Reveal
Made of Explodium
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Spiteful Spit
Wham Shot
Reasonable Authority Figure
Mind Screw
The Alcoholic
Punny Name
Didn't Think This Through
Action Genre
Drowning My Sorrows
Villain Opening Scene
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Villain Song
Badass Normal
Sequel Escalation
Manipulative Bastard
Adaptational Heroism
Defiant to the End
Bland-Name Product
Did Not Get the Girl
Grey and Gray Morality
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Anguished Declaration of Love
Those Two Guys
Failed a Spot Check
The Oner
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Paper-Thin Disguise
Outrun the Fireball
Chewing the Scenery
Naïve Newcomer
Country Matters
Almost Kiss
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Fun with Acronyms
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N-Word Privileges
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Betty and Veronica
Motor Mouth
Naked People Are Funny
Brutal Honesty
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Film Noir Index
Famous Last Words
Bilingual Bonus
Actor Allusion
Kick the Dog
Expy
Neck Lift
Vitriolic Best Buds
Took a Level in Jerkass
Canon Foreigner
Ax-Crazy
Recycled IN SPACE!
I Did What I Had to Do
BrotherSister Incest
Kill It with Fire
Downer Ending
Sassy Black Woman
Award-Bait Song
Fourth Date Marriage
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Only in It for the Money
Biopic
Imagine Spot
Double Entendre
The Quiet One
What the Hell, Hero?
Amoral Attorney
Big Brother Instinct
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Gilligan Cut
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Fat Bastard
I Have Your Wife
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Killed Mid-Sentence
Straight Gay
The Chessmaster
Disguised in Drag
Foregone Conclusion
Not What It Looks Like
Gone Horribly Right
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Artistic License Military
Distracted by the Sexy
Bring My Brown Pants
Chiaroscuro
Extreme Doormat
Evil Plan
Hero Antagonist
Mighty Whitey
Historical In-Joke
Establishing Character Moment
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Russian Films
Only One Name
Hollywood Law
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Serious Business
Re-Cut
Abhorrent Admirer
Department of Redundancy Department
Woman in White
Insult Backfire
Yandere
Made of Iron
Extremely Short Timespan
The Atoner
Never My Fault
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
The Bad Guy Wins
The Power of Love
Get Out!
Bullying a Dragon
Big Fancy House
Animated Credits Opening
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Rule of Cool
Death Glare
Unusual Euphemism
Adaptation Dye-Job
It's All About Me
Mystery and Detective Films
The Stinger
B-Movie
No OSHA Compliance
Worthy Opponent
My Greatest Failure
Those Two Bad Guys
Lampshade Hanging
The Remake
For Want of a Nail
Pragmatic Villainy
I Need a Freaking Drink
Mistaken for Gay
Disney Death
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Five-Man Band
Dirty Old Man
The Ditz
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Enemy Mine
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Eagleland
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Eureka Moment
Bar Brawl
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
The Dog Bites Back
All Just a Dream
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Darkest Hour
Loads and Loads of Characters
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Beware the Nice Ones
Red Right Hand
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Cool Shades
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Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
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Superhero
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Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Horror Comedy
Cool Guns
Real Life Writes the Plot
Beard of Evil
Large Ham
Age Lift
Dark and Troubled Past
Pretty Little Headshots
Adapted Out
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
The Starscream
The Smurfette Principle
Rich Bitch
Eye Scream
Anachronic Order
The Dragon
Reality Has No Subtitles
True Companions
Hidden Depths
Novelization
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Diabolus ex Machina
Card-Carrying Villain
Police Brutality
Slasher Smile
Artistic License Physics
My Beloved Smother
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Taking You with Me
Action Survivor
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Foil
Dark Action Girl
No-Sell
You Killed My Father
Insane Troll Logic
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Cat Fight
Fire-Forged Friends
Older Than They Look
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Accidental Murder
Fanservice
For the Evulz
All Men Are Perverts
Artistic License Gun Safety
Plot Hole
Thriller
Dressing as the Enemy
Properly Paranoid
From Nobody to Nightmare
Romantic False Lead
Covers Always Lie
Faking the Dead
Curb-Stomp Battle
Dogged Nice Guy
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Historical Hero Upgrade