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