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