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