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