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