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