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