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What the Hell, Hero?
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Based on a True Story
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Villain Song
Nothing Is Scarier
Nice Hat
Corrupt Corporate Executive
And Starring
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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War Is Hell
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Fingore
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I Did What I Had to Do
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Famous Last Words
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A Minor Kidroduction
Psychological Thriller
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Back from the Dead
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Take a Third Option
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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Deadpan Snarker
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Anachronic Order
Arch-Enemy
Self-Deprecation
The Ditz
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Wham Shot
Shout-Out
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Epic Movie
Running Gag
Ripped from the Headlines
Destination Defenestration
The Great Depression
The Place
The Stoner
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The Chessmaster
Adaptation Name Change
Alas, Poor Villain
Madness Mantra
Unreliable Narrator
Mighty Whitey
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
My God, What Have I Done?
Rule of Three
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Only a Flesh Wound
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Break the Haughty
Science Fiction Films
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Adapted Out
Big "NO!"
Anti-Hero
Morality Pet
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
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Pretty Little Headshots
Dropped a Bridge on Him
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Black Dude Dies First
Evil Laugh
Villainous Breakdown
Final Girl
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Enemy Mine
Contrived Coincidence
Psycho for Hire
No Antagonist
Lighter and Softer
Index of Film Westerns
Leave the Camera Running
Slasher Movie
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Unresolved Sexual Tension
Actor Allusion
Camera Abuse
Artistic License Geography
Trailers Always Spoil
Really Gets Around
The Quiet One
Fan Disservice
Captain Obvious
This Is Gonna Suck
Corpsing
Action Girl
The Alleged Car
Apocalypse How
Asshole Victim
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Sealed Evil in a Can
What Happened to the Mouse?
Smoking Is Cool
Reality Has No Subtitles
Jerkass
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Implacable Man
Pyrrhic Victory
Extremely Short Timespan
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I Need a Freaking Drink
Scary Black Man
World of Ham
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Wretched Hive
All Just a Dream
Deus ex Machina
Disappeared Dad
The Mole
Mexican Standoff
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