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Even Evil Has Standards
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Big "NO!"
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
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Would Hurt a Child
Back from the Dead
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Not What It Looks Like
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All Men Are Perverts
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Evil Sounds Deep
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Alas, Poor Villain
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Shipper on Deck
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Ms. Fanservice
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I Need a Freaking Drink
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Not Even Bothering with the Accent
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Heroes Want Redheads
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Bring My Brown Pants
Black Best Friend
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Men Are the Expendable Gender
'80s Hair
Nice Hat
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Villainous Breakdown
Dark Is Not Evil
Implacable Man
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Alpha Bitch
Reality Ensues
Red Herring
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It's Personal
Adults Are Useless
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Cowboy Cop
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Unusual Euphemism
As the Good Book Says...
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Married to the Job
Romantic Comedy
Bilingual Bonus
Chekhov's Gun
Index of Film Westerns
Kids Are Cruel
The '70s
Only a Flesh Wound
Only Known by Their Nickname
Double-Meaning Title
Abusive Parents
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Pet the Dog
Blood Knight
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Smoking Is Cool
Better to Die than Be Killed
Idiot Ball
The Place
Plot Hole
Scenery Gorn
Fun with Acronyms
Fingore
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Gratuitous English
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Didn't Think This Through
Big Bad Duumvirate
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Guile Hero
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Dutch Angle
Historical Hero Upgrade
Bolivian Army Ending
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Grey and Gray Morality
Retired Badass
Ripped from the Headlines
Rewatch Bonus
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Important Haircut
Insult Backfire
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
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I'm a Humanitarian
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Fiery Redhead
Freeze-Frame Bonus
The End... Or Is It?
Punny Name
Obfuscating Stupidity
Eye Scream
Award-Bait Song
Crazy Jealous Guy
Self-Deprecation
Badass Boast
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Jerk Jock
Red Right Hand
The Un-Favourite
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Children Are Innocent
Malevolent Masked Men
Epic Movie
Annoying Younger Sibling
Beard of Evil
Decoy Protagonist
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Star-Crossed Lovers
Darkest Hour
Driven to Suicide
Ass Shove
Blatant Lies
Genre Throwback
Fire-Forged Friends
Disguised in Drag
Does This Remind You of Anything?
BFG
Pimped-Out Dress
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Chewing the Scenery
Contrived Coincidence
Action Survivor
Our Vampires Are Different
Drill Sergeant Nasty
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Eyepatch of Power
Cat Scare
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Hypocritical Humor
Death by Adaptation
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The Alcoholic
Evil Brit
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Killed Mid-Sentence
Your Cheating Heart
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A.I. Is a Crapshoot
A Date with Rosie Palms
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Off with His Head!
Bottomless Magazines
Victoria's Secret Compartment
La Résistance
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Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
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Exact Words
Blood from the Mouth
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Getting Crap Past the Radar
Those Wacky Nazis
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Humans Are Bastards
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Sassy Black Woman
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Setting Update
Bound and Gagged
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
The Mole
Armor-Piercing Question
Evil Is Petty
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The Ditz
Friend to All Children
Black and Gray Morality
Yandere
Kick the Dog
Big Eater
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
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He Knows Too Much
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Tempting Fate
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Get Out!
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Moment Killer
Have a Gay Old Time
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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20 Minutes into the Future
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Meet Cute
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
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This Is Gonna Suck
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Bad Boss
It Can Think
Slasher Movie
Foregone Conclusion
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Put on a Bus
Ax-Crazy
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"Awesome McCool" Name
Interrupted Suicide
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Failed a Spot Check
Dies Wide Open
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She's Got Legs
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Final Girl
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Kick the Son of a Bitch
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Rated M for Manly
Red Oni, Blue Oni
All There in the Script
Domestic Abuse
Evil Plan
From Bad to Worse
Shown Their Work
Let's Get Dangerous!
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Say My Name
Older Than They Look
Dumb Blonde
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Demonic Possession
Only in It for the Money
Love Triangle
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Disney Villain Death
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Television Movie Index
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Fat Bastard
Early-Bird Cameo
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Dramatic Gun Cock
Mighty Whitey
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Vomit Discretion Shot
Take a Third Option
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Call-Forward
Scary Black Man
Once More, with Clarity!
Morality Pet
Boom, Headshot!
Recycled IN SPACE!
Hero of Another Story
Greater-Scope Villain
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Last-Name Basis
Homage
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
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Destination Defenestration
Broken Bird
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Eagleland
Half the Man He Used to Be
Took a Level in Jerkass
One-Man Army
Anachronism Stew
Chiaroscuro
Romantic False Lead
Villain Protagonist
The Remake
Ambiguous Disorder
The Alleged Car
Reckless Gun Usage
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
You Have Failed Me
Fate Worse than Death
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Air-Vent Passageway
Loophole Abuse
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Sealed Evil in a Can
One-Word Title
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Fatal Family Photo
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How We Got Here
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
As Himself
Police Brutality
Hollywood Darkness
Animal Title Index
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All Girls Want Bad Boys
Kill 'em All
Super Strength
Motor Mouth
Evil Is Hammy
Red Shirt
She Cleans Up Nicely
Never Trust a Trailer
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An Arm and a Leg
A God Am I
Tagline
Karmic Death
Translation Convention
Reality Has No Subtitles
The Mafia
Ambiguous Ending
Running Gag
The Vamp
Token Minority
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Would Hit a Girl
Plucky Comic Relief
Stuff Blowing Up
Animated Credits Opening
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Hair-Trigger Temper
Bavarian Fire Drill
Damsel in Distress
Film Noir
Straight Gay
Nice Guy
Corpsing
Not So Different
Expository Hairstyle Change
Rousing Speech
The Starscream
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Kill It with Fire
Time Skip
Lighter and Softer
Badass Longcoat
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Adaptational Badass
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Never My Fault
Taking the Bullet
Drowning My Sorrows
The Load
Creator Cameo
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Up to Eleven
Same Language Dub
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Pragmatic Villainy
Storming the Castle
Blackmail
Gainax Ending
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Broken Aesop
More Dakka
Dwindling Party
Dark Reprise
Composite Character
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Skewed Priorities
Redemption Equals Death
Knight Templar
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Affably Evil
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Coming-of-Age Story
The Ghost
Bare Your Midriff
Heroic Sacrifice
Improbable Infant Survival
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Dirty Old Man
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Martial Arts Movie
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Psycho for Hire
War Is Hell
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
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Bloodier and Gorier
The Bully
Break the Haughty
You Killed My Father
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