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