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