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Fingore
It Can Think
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Red Eyes, Take Warning
Say My Name
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Darkest Hour
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Covers Always Lie
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Reasonable Authority Figure
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Irony
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Red Shirt
Rule of Symbolism
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No-Sell
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Fun with Acronyms
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Not So Different
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All There in the Manual
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She Cleans Up Nicely
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Good Is Not Nice
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
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Crazy Jealous Guy
Totally Radical
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The Smart Guy
Dirty Old Man
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Better to Die than Be Killed
Babies Ever After
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Jerkass
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Pet the Dog
Rape as Drama
Historical In-Joke
All Just a Dream
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Fanservice Extra
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Nice Guy
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Those Wacky Nazis
Daddy's Girl
Almost Kiss
Foil
The Ditz
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A God Am I
Canon Foreigner
Parental Incest
Only One Name
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Wretched Hive
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Final Girl
What You Are in the Dark
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Tap on the Head
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What the Hell, Hero?
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Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Horror Films
Facial Horror
Those Two Guys
Alas, Poor Villain
Kids Are Cruel
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Ass Shove
Australian Movies
Auto Erotica
Demoted to Extra
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
'80s Hair
Bound and Gagged
Extremely Short Timespan
Slasher Smile
What Happened to the Mouse?
Insane Troll Logic
Asshole Victim
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Poor Communication Kills
The Atoner
Corrupt Corporate Executive
You Killed My Father
Mr. Fanservice
BrotherSister Incest
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Boom, Headshot!
Would Hurt a Child
Five-Man Band
Paper-Thin Disguise
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Overly Long Gag
Taking You with Me
A Father to His Men
Villain Song
Eagleland
Shirtless Scene
Would Hit a Girl
Slap-Slap-Kiss
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Instant Death Bullet
Despair Event Horizon
Arc Words
Even Evil Has Standards
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Papa Wolf
Riddle for the Ages
Brutal Honesty
Ironic Echo
Evil Is Hammy
The '60s
Cool Guns
Guile Hero
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Break the Cutie
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Film Noir
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Truth in Television
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Evil Brit
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Silence Is Golden
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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The Power of Love
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Serious Business
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Drowning My Sorrows
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Never Trust a Trailer
Show Within a Show
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Black Comedy Rape
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Composite Character
Framing Device
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Unreliable Narrator
Reality Ensues
Sexy Discretion Shot
Broken Pedestal
Badass Longcoat
Sadistic Choice
Spanner in the Works
Biopic
Abhorrent Admirer
Have a Gay Old Time
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Shower Scene
Death Glare
Call-Back
Gory Discretion Shot
Trailers Always Spoil
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Horror Comedy
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Big Fancy House
Dark Reprise
Humans Are Bastards
Creepy Child
Black and Gray Morality
Animal Motifs
Dark Action Girl
Rewatch Bonus
Music Stories
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Bond Villain Stupidity
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Lock and Load Montage
Real Life
For Want of a Nail
Pyrrhic Victory
It's Personal
Cool Shades
Hollywood Law
Big Damn Heroes
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Retcon
Anguished Declaration of Love
Intrepid Reporter
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Anti-Hero
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Unwitting Instigator of Doom
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Stepford Smiler
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Hate Sink
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
The Dog Bites Back
Back from the Dead
Fat Bastard
Badass Normal
Police Brutality
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Affably Evil
Christmas Movies Index
Fatal Flaw
Random Events Plot
Scenery Gorn
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Chiaroscuro
The Dragon
Shut Up, Hannibal!
The Dreaded
Not Using the "Z" Word
Humiliation Conga
Air-Vent Passageway
Leitmotif
Fate Worse than Death
Let's Get Dangerous!
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Casting Gag
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Vampire Fiction
Male Frontal Nudity
Dutch Angle
Ripped from the Headlines
From Bad to Worse
Ambiguous Disorder
British Films
Imagine Spot
Hollywood Darkness
Armor-Piercing Question
Mr. Exposition
As You Know
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Moment Killer
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Stalker with a Crush
Darker and Edgier
Love Triangle
Sole Survivor
Silent Movie
Cool Old Guy
Dirty Coward
Death of a Child
The Stinger
Artistic License Geography
Camera Abuse
Berserk Button
Adaptation Expansion
Self-Deprecation
Room Full of Crazy
Eldritch Abomination
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Take That!
Contrived Coincidence
Take a Third Option
Bloodless Carnage
Getting Crap Past the Radar
The Bad Guy Wins
Refuge in Audacity
Hair-Trigger Temper
Tranquil Fury
Bury Your Gays
Rich Bitch
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Naïve Newcomer
Mighty Whitey
Toplessness from the Back
Epic Fail
Mistaken for Gay
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Improvised Weapon
Cluster F-Bomb
Improbable Aiming Skills
Dies Wide Open
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Our Vampires Are Different
Malevolent Masked Men
Be Careful What You Wish For
Karmic Death
Disappeared Dad
Credits Gag
Abusive Parents
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Idiot Ball
I Need a Freaking Drink
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Dual Wielding
Adaptational Heroism
Not Quite Dead
Happily Married
Wrong Genre Savvy
Heterosexual Life-Partners
No Antagonist
Betty and Veronica
Femme Fatale
Enemy Mine
Pay Evil unto Evil
Children Are Innocent
Action Girl
Attempted Rape
Married to the Job
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Ms. Fanservice
Knife Nut
Loophole Abuse
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Early Installment Weirdness
Bad Boss
All Men Are Perverts
Black Dude Dies First
Redshirt Army
The Vamp
Our Zombies Are Different
Hero of Another Story
Kill It with Fire
Character Development
Call-Forward
Rated M for Manly
Romantic Comedy
Sports Stories
Gilligan Cut
The Un-Reveal
Kick the Dog
Pretty Little Headshots
Bloody Hilarious
Eye Scream
Flipping the Bird
Fire-Forged Friends
Fiery Redhead
Mercy Kill
Based on a True Story
She's Got Legs
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Fake Shemp
Alpha Bitch
Wham Line
Developing Doomed Characters
Badass in a Nice Suit
MacGuffin
Meet Cute
Only in It for the Money
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He Who Fights Monsters
Gender Flip
The Lancer
And I Must Scream
Improbable Weapon User
Reality Has No Subtitles
Jerkass Has a Point
Title Drop
Plot Hole
War Is Hell
Police are Useless
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Bi the Way
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Adult Fear
He Knows Too Much
Laughing Mad
Combat Pragmatist
Insult Backfire
Logo Joke
Fantastic Racism
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Sequel Hook
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Slasher Movie
Video Credits
The Stoic
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Stylistic Suck
Distracted by the Sexy
Artistic License Gun Safety
Artistic License Military
BFG
Dissonant Serenity
Big Eater
Guns Akimbo
Narrator
Chekhov's Skill
Time Skip
Does This Remind You of Anything?
An Arm and a Leg
Becoming the Mask
Precision F-Strike
Morality Pet
Outrun the Fireball
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Get Out!
The Reveal
The Stoner
The Film of the Book
Due to the Dead
Disney Death
Evil vs. Evil
Alliterative Name
Scenery Porn
I Have Your Wife
Training Montage
The Cameo
Rule of Funny
Cassandra Truth
Foregone Conclusion
The Oner
Ominous Latin Chanting
Arch-Enemy
Animated Credits Opening
Anachronic Order
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Love at First Sight
Stealth Hi/Bye
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One-Man Army
Reckless Gun Usage
Drugs Are Bad
Body Horror
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Double-Meaning Title
Taking the Bullet
Light Is Not Good
Adaptation Distillation
Re-Cut
The Alcoholic
Novelization
Artistic License Law
Deus ex Machina
Friend to All Children
In the Back
Retirony
Animal Title Index
Overprotective Dad
All for Nothing
Woman Scorned
Word of God
Deliberately Monochrome
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Tempting Fate
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Expy
Fainting
Rasputinian Death
Decoy Protagonist
The Alleged Car
Author Appeal
The Faceless
Film Noir Index
Break the Haughty
Extreme Doormat
Gainax Ending
Awesome, but Impractical
Missing Mom
Soundtrack Dissonance
Easily Forgiven
Heroic Sacrifice
More Dakka
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Badass Grandpa
Blood from the Mouth
Jump Scare
Together in Death
The Hero Dies
Daylight Horror
Not So Above It All
Not What It Looks Like
Military and Warfare Films
Rousing Speech
Needs Wiki Magic Love
The Casanova
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Parental Abandonment
Curb-Stomp Battle
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Film Series
Closed Circle
Crapsack World
Artistic License Physics
Important Haircut
Italian Films
Chekhov's Gun
The '90s
My God, What Have I Done?
Crazy-Prepared
Honor Before Reason
HeelFace Turn
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Gorn
The Musical
Woman in White
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Mad Scientist
Neck Snap
Fan Disservice
Establishing Character Moment
Manchild
Ungrateful Bastard
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Empathic Environment
Big-Bad Ensemble
Cat Fight
Epic Movie
Apocalypse How
Lighter and Softer
Badass Bookworm
Butt-Monkey
Noodle Incident
Bond One-Liner
Undying Loyalty
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Deconstruction
Maybe Ever After
Dressing as the Enemy
Celebrity Paradox
Dirty Cop
The X of Y
Soft Glass
Disney Villain Death
In Name Only
Bar Brawl
Obfuscating Stupidity
Artistic License Biology
One-Word Title
Older Than They Look
Double Entendre
Translation Convention
From Nobody to Nightmare
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Only Known by Their Nickname
Department of Redundancy Department
It's All About Me
Product Placement
Ambiguous Ending
The '50s
Hypocrite
Dark Is Not Evil
Red Herring
Curse Cut Short
Foreshadowing
The End... Or Is It?
Mythology Gag
Redemption Equals Death
Your Cheating Heart
Russian Films
Never Found the Body
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Anachronism Stew
Serial Killer
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Star-Crossed Lovers
Bring My Brown Pants
Manipulative Bastard
Evil Laugh
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Mind Screw
A Date with Rosie Palms
Reality Is Unrealistic
Ascended Extra
Evil Plan
Mood Whiplash
Authority Equals Asskicking
Shipper on Deck
Damsel in Distress
Straight Gay
Smug Snake
Black Comedy
As the Good Book Says...
Genre Throwback
Nothing Is Scarier
timeperiod
Book-Ends
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Pragmatic Villainy
Took a Level in Badass
Brainless Beauty
Cloudcuckoolander
Once More, with Clarity!
Madness Mantra
Central Theme
Earn Your Happy Ending
Monumental Damage
20 Minutes into the Future
Flashback
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Chekhov's Gunman
Hypocritical Humor
Country Matters
Half the Man He Used to Be
Dwindling Party
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Kill 'em All
Homage
Does Not Like Shoes
Aluminum Christmas Trees
I Did What I Had to Do
The Sociopath
Television Movie Index
Beta Couple
Accidental Murder
Pretty in Mink
Put on a Bus
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Did Not Get the Girl
Public Domain Feature Films
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Zombie Stories
How We Got Here
Nice Hat
Anyone Can Die
Conspicuous CG
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Downer Ending
FaceHeel Turn
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Villain Ball
Shown Their Work
Last-Name Basis
Up to Eleven
Handicapped Badass
Antagonist Title
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Storming the Castle
Sci-Fi Horror
Intergenerational Friendship
Affectionate Parody
Dull Surprise
Worthy Opponent
Depraved Bisexual
The Ghost
Spiteful Spit
Drives Like Crazy
The Big Guy
Bland-Name Product
Dramedy
Cain and Abel
The Hero
Sanity Slippage
Bad "Bad Acting"
The Place
Bottomless Magazines
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Mexican Standoff
Evil Counterpart
Male Gaze
Green-Eyed Monster
Superhero
My Beloved Smother
Mundane Made Awesome
Never My Fault
Dramatic Irony
Politically Incorrect Villain
Meaningful Background Event
Determinator
Advertised Extra
Made of Iron
Actually Pretty Funny
Mystery and Detective Films