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