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All There in the Script
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From Nobody to Nightmare
Men Are the Expendable Gender
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Get Out!
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She's Got Legs
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Silence Is Golden
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Shout-Out
20 Minutes into the Future
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Five-Man Band
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Didn't Think This Through
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Would Hit a Girl
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As the Good Book Says...
Distracted by the Sexy
French Films
Evil Is Hammy
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Fourth Date Marriage
Spanner in the Works
Red Eyes, Take Warning
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Rousing Speech
Empathic Environment
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Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Lancer
N-Word Privileges
The Ghost
Undying Loyalty
Determinator
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Trailers Always Spoil
Dark and Troubled Past
What Happened to the Mouse?
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Artistic License Biology
Bring My Brown Pants
Drives Like Crazy
Double Entendre
Death Seeker
Same Language Dub
Depraved Bisexual
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Sports Stories
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Take That!
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Manchild
Sexy Discretion Shot
I Have Your Wife
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Man on Fire
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Hidden Depths
Psycho for Hire
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Bloody Hilarious
All There in the Manual
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Curse Cut Short
Faux Affably Evil
Evil Counterpart
Ambiguously Gay
Action Genre
Mistaken for Gay
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Major Injury Underreaction
Fainting
Narrator
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
An Aesop
The End... Or Is It?
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
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Age Lift
It Can Think
Truth in Television
"Awesome McCool" Name
A Date with Rosie Palms
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Award-Bait Song
Obviously Evil
Plot Hole
Naked People Are Funny
Adult Fear
The Bad Guy Wins
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Immune to Bullets
Japanese Films
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Honor Before Reason
Bait-and-Switch
Dumb Blonde
My Greatest Failure
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
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No Name Given
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Did Not Get the Girl
Asshole Victim
Small Name, Big Ego
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Cassandra Truth
Dirty Old Man
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Hollywood Darkness
Token Minority
Leave the Camera Running
Bottomless Magazines
The Un-Favourite
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Deconstruction
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Posthumous Character
Crazy Jealous Guy
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Due to the Dead
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Red Right Hand
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Back from the Dead
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Face Death with Dignity
Non-Indicative Name
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Soundtrack Dissonance
Guile Hero
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
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A Minor Kidroduction
She Cleans Up Nicely
Light Is Not Good
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Up to Eleven
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The Dreaded
British Films
Brick Joke
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Red Shirt
Artistic License Gun Safety
As You Know
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Really Gets Around
Drowning My Sorrows
Jerkass Has a Point
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Cain and Abel
The Cameo
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Sole Survivor
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Not So Stoic
Star-Crossed Lovers
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Only Sane Man
Neck Snap
Bad "Bad Acting"
Hate Sink
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Fun with Acronyms
I Need a Freaking Drink
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Humans Are Bastards
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Damsel in Distress
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MacGuffin
Playing Gertrude
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Foil
Every Car Is a Pinto
Mugging the Monster
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Older Than They Look
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Noodle Incident
Abusive Parents
Accidental Murder
Character Development
Even Evil Has Standards
Eiffel Tower Effect
The Cavalry
Chewing the Scenery
The Smurfette Principle
Madness Mantra
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Dark Reprise
A God Am I
You Have Failed Me
Cool Car
Better to Die than Be Killed
Made of Explodium
The Remake
Big-Bad Ensemble
Ghost Fiction
Canon Foreigner
Broken Bird
Ambiguous Ending
Beware the Nice Ones
Cat Fight
Hollywood Law
Genre Savvy
Big Applesauce
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Here We Go Again!
Genre Throwback
Maybe Ever After
No OSHA Compliance
Establishing Character Moment
Shut Up, Hannibal!
No Ending
Enemy Mine
Hoist by His Own Petard
The Big Guy
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Death by Sex
Punny Name
Informed Ability
Cool Old Guy
Sequel Hook
My God, What Have I Done?
Military and Warfare Films
Artistic License History
Mercy Kill
Retired Badass
Those Two Guys
Blood from the Mouth
Heroes Want Redheads
Skewed Priorities
Beard of Evil
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Artistic License Military
Cruel and Unusual Death
Ascended Extra
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Fat Bastard
Grey and Gray Morality
Creepy Child
Woman Scorned
Eye Scream
Bland-Name Product
Rule of Three
Knight Templar
Hypocritical Humor
Black and Gray Morality
Cowboy Cop
Slashed Throat
Smoking Is Cool
Eldritch Abomination
Rewatch Bonus
Morality Pet
Biopic
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Adaptation Distillation
Rule of Funny
Smug Snake
In the Back
Super Strength
Parental Neglect
An Axe to Grind
FaceHeel Turn
Deliberately Monochrome
Wrong Genre Savvy
Stealth Pun
Match Cut
Country Matters
Camera Abuse
Villainous Breakdown
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Running Gag
Word of God
Frame-Up
Translation Convention
Your Head A-Splode
Took a Level in Badass
Bolivian Army Ending
An Arm and a Leg
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Bare Your Midriff
The Great Depression
The Mafia
All Men Are Perverts
Conspicuous CG
Pay Evil unto Evil
Romantic False Lead
Protagonist Title
Stepford Smiler
The Vamp
Big Fancy House
Dirty Cop
The Sociopath
The '90s
Darkest Hour
Stuff Blowing Up
Meet Cute
Gold Digger
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Italian Films
Re-Cut
Extreme Doormat
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Closed Circle
Spell My Name with an "S"
Destination Defenestration
Martial Arts Movie
Crapsack World
He Who Fights Monsters
B-Movie
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Flashback
Rule of Symbolism
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
After the End
Dogged Nice Guy
You Killed My Father
The Ditz
Race Against the Clock
Hong Kong Films
Gory Discretion Shot
Together in Death
Bury Your Gays
Jitter Cam
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Laser-Guided Karma
Anti-Villain
Butt-Monkey
And Starring
Adorkable
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Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Fantasy Films
Death of a Child
Our Zombies Are Different
Ungrateful Bastard
Idiot Ball
Ripped from the Headlines
Air-Vent Passageway
Recycled IN SPACE!
Intrepid Reporter
The Oner
Adults Are Useless
Shower Scene
Time Skip
Genre Shift
Stylistic Suck
Extremely Short Timespan
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Chiaroscuro
Would Hurt a Child
Film Series
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Put on a Bus
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Broken Pedestal
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Toplessness from the Back
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Not Quite Dead
Dark Is Not Evil
Jerk Jock
Mind Screw
Video Credits
The Quiet One
Despair Event Horizon
Exact Words
Retcon
Blood Knight
Aside Glance
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Kids Are Cruel
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
In Medias Res
Loads and Loads of Characters
Reality Has No Subtitles
Captain Ersatz
Neck Lift
Funny Background Event
Guns Akimbo
Dying Moment of Awesome
Last-Name Basis
Real Life Writes the Plot
Boom, Headshot!
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Everyone Has Standards
Overly Long Gag
Corpsing
Handicapped Badass
Evil Is Petty
Ship Tease
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Call-Forward
How We Got Here
Product Placement
Evil Laugh
Dramatic Gun Cock
Fanservice
Black Dude Dies First
Cloudcuckoolander
And the Adventure Continues
The '60s
What You Are in the Dark
Ms. Fanservice
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Sanity Slippage
Author Appeal
Sassy Black Woman
Famous Last Words
Foregone Conclusion
Badass Grandpa
Killed Mid-Sentence
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Demoted to Extra
Meaningful Echo
Bi the Way
Anyone Can Die
Sci-Fi Horror
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Alas, Poor Villain
This Is Gonna Suck
Black Comedy Rape
Knife Nut
Not So Different
More Dakka
Our Vampires Are Different
Lampshade Hanging
BrotherSister Incest
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Hair-Trigger Temper
Fake Shemp
Dressing as the Enemy
Spiteful Spit
Becoming the Mask
Be Careful What You Wish For
Cool Guns
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Politically Incorrect Villain
Mr. Exposition
Karmic Death
Love Triangle
Precision F-Strike
Authority Equals Asskicking
Red Herring
War Is Hell
Gainax Ending
Tap on the Head
Fatal Flaw
Adaptation Name Change
Fate Worse than Death
Drugs Are Bad
Facial Horror
Bound and Gagged
Thriller
Pimped-Out Dress
Bond One-Liner
Romantic Comedy
Hero Antagonist
Deal with the Devil
Bittersweet Ending
La Résistance
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Stock Footage
Department of Redundancy Department
Blatant Lies
Intergenerational Friendship
Yandere
Shipper on Deck
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Villain Protagonist
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Eureka Moment
Anguished Declaration of Love
Fanservice Extra
Daddy's Girl
Taking You with Me
Big "NO!"
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Diabolus ex Machina
Amoral Attorney
Villain Opening Scene
Insult Backfire
Psychological Thriller
Fatal Family Photo
Dull Surprise
Line-of-Sight Name
Vampire Fiction
Real Life
Never My Fault
Actor Allusion
Adaptational Villainy
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Implacable Man
Heel Realization
Villain Ball
Children Are Innocent
The Smart Guy
Evil-Detecting Dog
Missing Mom
Rasputinian Death
Homage
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Driven to Suicide
Central Theme
Chekhov's Skill
Blackmail
Obfuscating Stupidity
Historical In-Joke
Random Events Plot
Drill Sergeant Nasty
The Hero
Groin Attack
Camp Gay
Defiant to the End
Poor Communication Kills
Male Gaze
Parental Abandonment
No Antagonist
Evil Sounds Deep
Hypocrite
Overprotective Dad
Gorn
Manly Tears
NO INDOOR VOICE
Annoying Younger Sibling
Covers Always Lie
Took a Level in Jerkass
Evil Brit
Crucified Hero Shot
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Faking the Dead
Historical-Domain Character
Dramedy
Large Ham
Early-Bird Cameo
Shirtless Scene
Hero of Another Story
Half the Man He Used to Be
Tranquil Fury
Left the Background Music On
Decoy Protagonist
Improvised Weapon
Happily Married
The Musical
Dwindling Party
Your Cheating Heart
Spiritual Successor
Break the Cutie
Mooks
Artistic License Geography
Index of Film Westerns
It's All About Me
Disproportionate Retribution
Bond Villain Stupidity
Off with His Head!
Plucky Comic Relief
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Adapted Out
German Films
'80s Hair
Mighty Whitey
Never Trust a Trailer
Catch-Phrase
Celebrity Paradox
Offscreen Teleportation
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Badass Normal
He Knows Too Much
Only in It for the Money
Henpecked Husband
Curb-Stomp Battle
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Not What It Looks Like
What the Hell, Hero?
Outrun the Fireball
Taking the Bullet
Unusual Euphemism
Chekhov's Gun
Rule of Cool
Advertised Extra
The Film of the Book
Arranged Marriage
The Stoic
Sadistic Choice
Badass Longcoat
Nice Hat
I'm a Humanitarian
Reality Ensues
Karma Houdini
I Did What I Had to Do
Fish out of Water
Attempted Rape
Parental Substitute
The Brute
Works Set in World War II
Book-Ends
Badass in a Nice Suit
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Parental Incest
Death by Adaptation
Eagleland
Unreliable Narrator
Actually Pretty Funny
Fiery Redhead
Coming-of-Age Story
Kill It with Fire
Logo Joke
Pet the Dog
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Dissonant Serenity
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Expository Hairstyle Change
Double-Meaning Title
Action Prologue
Armor-Piercing Question
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
The '50s
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Vomit Discretion Shot
It Will Never Catch On
Nothing Is Scarier
Defrosting Ice Queen
Shown Their Work
Epic Movie
Big Damn Heroes
Meaningful Background Event
One Steve Limit
Mundane Made Awesome
Not Using the "Z" Word
Friend to All Children
Captain Obvious
Domestic Abuse
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Say My Name
Daylight Horror
Tagline
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Interrupted Suicide
Ambiguous Disorder
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Reckless Gun Usage
Disney Villain Death
Fingore
Comically Missing the Point
Those Two Bad Guys
Fan Disservice
Crazy-Prepared
Serious Business
Once More, with Clarity!
Badass Bookworm
Disguised in Drag
Bloodier and Gorier
For Want of a Nail
Bald of Evil
Training Montage
Awesome, but Impractical
Ominous Latin Chanting
Zombie Stories
Wicked Cultured
The X of Y
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Creative Closing Credits
Dies Wide Open
Canadian Movies
Race Lift
Moment Killer
Femme Fatale
Anti-Hero
Make It Look Like an Accident
Arch-Enemy
Casting Gag
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Author Avatar
Animal Motifs
Villain with Good Publicity
Monumental Damage
Based on a True Story
Manipulative Bastard
Big Brother Instinct
Room Full of Crazy
Pretty in Mink
Credits Gag
Failed a Spot Check
Humiliation Conga
Malevolent Masked Men
Green-Eyed Monster
Sacrificial Lion
Eyepatch of Power
Title Drop
Superhero
Car Fu
Combat Pragmatist
Downer Ending
The Lost Lenore
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Loophole Abuse
Silent Movie
Freudian Excuse
The Un-Reveal
Disney Death
Scenery Gorn
Pretty Little Headshots
All for Nothing
Costume Porn
Bloodless Carnage
World of Ham
Sequel Escalation
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Big Bad
Wham Line
Alpha Bitch
The Place
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Never Found the Body
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Mr. Fanservice
Funny Foreigner
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Determinator
Big Eater
Bowdlerise
Pyrrhic Victory
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Betty and Veronica