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