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