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