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