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