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Took a Level in Badass
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Truth in Television
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Chekhov's Gun
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Slasher Movie
Only Known by Their Nickname
Driven to Suicide
A Minor Kidroduction
Everyone Has Standards
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Country Matters
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Dwindling Party
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FaceHeel Turn
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Bound and Gagged
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An Axe to Grind
Children Are Innocent
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Hero of Another Story
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Madness Mantra
Bittersweet Ending
Credits Gag
Toplessness from the Back
Gainax Ending
No Ending
Word of God
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Brick Joke
Ship Tease
The Alcoholic
Dumb Blonde
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Evil vs. Evil
La Résistance
"Awesome McCool" Name
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Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Up to Eleven
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Evil Sounds Deep
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Half the Man He Used to Be
Vacation Films
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Kick the Dog
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
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Based on a True Story
The Hero Dies
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Bloody Hilarious
Revenge
Made of Explodium
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Adaptational Villainy
Bare Your Midriff
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Adaptation Distillation
Defiant to the End
Cool Guns
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You Killed My Father
True Companions
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Demonic Possession
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
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Smug Snake
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Freeze-Frame Bonus
Sinister Minister
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Rule of Symbolism
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Back from the Dead
Rule of Three
Action Survivor
Evil Laugh
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Foreshadowing
Match Cut
The Ghost
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Straight Gay
As the Good Book Says...
Idiot Ball
Cold-Blooded Torture
Creator Cameo
Dutch Angle
Romantic False Lead
From Nobody to Nightmare
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Vampire Fiction
Missing Mom
Humans Are Bastards
Hidden Depths
Slashed Throat
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Evil Plan
Bring My Brown Pants
Ambiguous Disorder
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Ms. Fanservice
Non-Indicative Name
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Call-Forward
Never My Fault
Death Seeker
Captain Ersatz
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Hair-Trigger Temper
Deus ex Machina
Big-Bad Ensemble
Cruel and Unusual Death
Adorkable
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Rewatch Bonus
Rich Bitch
Title Drop
Pun
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Sacrificial Lion
Would Hit a Girl
Taking You with Me
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Naïve Newcomer
BrotherSister Incest
Show Within a Show
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
From Bad to Worse
Spiritual Successor
Nice Guy
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Rule of Cool
Stalker with a Crush
Not Using the "Z" Word
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Black Dude Dies First
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The Lost Lenore
And the Adventure Continues
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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After the End
Playing Gertrude
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Get Out!
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Double Entendre
It Will Never Catch On
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Agony of the Feet
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Overly Long Gag
Never Trust a Trailer
Arch-Enemy
More Dakka
Say My Name
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Hate Sink
The Hero
Domestic Abuse
Film Series
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Hypocrite
Antagonist Title
Accidental Misnaming
Dirty Cop
Smoking Is Cool
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Tempting Fate
Earn Your Happy Ending
Rasputinian Death
Guns Akimbo
Card-Carrying Villain
Guile Hero
Character Development
Age Lift
Scenery Porn
Punny Name
Boom, Headshot!
The Bad Guy Wins
Famous Last Words
Wicked Cultured
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Big Bad Duumvirate
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
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Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Only Sane Man
Thriller
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Bottomless Magazines
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One Steve Limit
Abusive Parents
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Love at First Sight
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He Knows Too Much
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Rated M for Manly
Armor-Piercing Question
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Intergenerational Friendship
Woman Scorned
Not So Different
Anyone Can Die
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Final Girl
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Re-Cut
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Evil-Detecting Dog
Shout-Out
Facial Horror
Trailers Always Spoil
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The Musical
Aside Glance
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Green-Eyed Monster
Science Fiction Films
Neck Lift
Informed Ability
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Leave the Camera Running
Translation Convention
Reckless Gun Usage
Dogged Nice Guy
The End... Or Is It?
Combat Pragmatist
Gender Flip
Bullying a Dragon
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Bad Boss
Covers Always Lie
Bland-Name Product
Oh, Crap!
What You Are in the Dark
The Place
Male Frontal Nudity
Body Horror
Red Eyes, Take Warning
I Did What I Had to Do
Sir Swears-a-Lot
The Atoner
Mighty Whitey
Betty and Veronica
Camp Gay
Sexy Discretion Shot
Plot Hole
The Dog Bites Back
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Enemy Mine
Bar Brawl
The Stinger
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Flipping the Bird
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World of Ham
Cowboy Cop
Death by Sex
A God Am I
Drowning My Sorrows
Disappeared Dad
Sports Stories
She's Got Legs
It's Personal
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Stepford Smiler
Fanservice Extra
Russian Films
Award-Bait Song
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Index of Film Westerns
Breaking the Fourth Wall
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Kill It with Fire
Horror Films
An Aesop
Mistaken for Gay
Psychopathic Manchild
Shut Up, Hannibal!
I Need a Freaking Drink
Calling the Old Man Out
Curb-Stomp Battle
The X of Y
Bloodless Carnage
Humiliation Conga
The Ace
Those Wacky Nazis
In Name Only
The Starscream
As Himself
Redemption Equals Death
Crapsack World
Meaningful Name
The Alleged Car
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Karma Houdini
Put on a Bus
The Brute
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Badass in a Nice Suit
Room Full of Crazy
Really Gets Around
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Chekhov's Skill
It Can Think
Cool Old Guy
Recap /
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Malevolent Masked Men
Mama Bear
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Better to Die than Be Killed
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Wham Line
Advertised Extra
Last-Name Basis
Red Herring
In the Back
Never Found the Body
Pet the Dog
Real Life Writes the Plot
Stealth Hi/Bye
Manly Tears
Married to the Job
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Bolivian Army Ending
Pragmatic Adaptation
Only One Name
Car Fu
Villain Ball
Your Cheating Heart
Asshole Victim
Vomit Discretion Shot
Fire-Forged Friends
Artistic License Gun Safety
Fainting
N-Word Privileges
As You Know
Corpsing
Wham Shot
In Medias Res
Reality Has No Subtitles
Chiaroscuro
Heroic Sacrifice
One-Man Army
Visual Pun
Faux Affably Evil
Star-Crossed Lovers
The Great Depression
Eagleland
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Laser-Guided Karma
Nice Hat
Older Than They Look
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Despair Event Horizon
Silence Is Golden
Black Comedy Rape
Only in It for the Money
Moment Killer
BFG
Naked People Are Funny
Fourth Date Marriage
Artistic License History
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Military and Warfare Films
Historical In-Joke
Shipper on Deck
The Oner
Animal Motifs
Took a Level in Jerkass
Disguised in Drag
Alas, Poor Villain
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Conspicuous CG
Pay Evil unto Evil
The Ditz
Undying Loyalty
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Hope Spot
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Film Noir
Apocalypse How
The Film of the Book
My God, What Have I Done?
Stuff Blowing Up
Yandere
Blackmail
Poor Communication Kills
Babies Ever After
Black Best Friend
Those Two Guys
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Awesome, but Impractical
Berserk Button
Mexican Standoff
Continuity Nod
Meaningful Background Event
Good Is Not Nice
The '50s
Beware the Nice Ones
Music Stories
Knight Templar
Lock and Load Montage
Eye Scream
Femme Fatale
Dying Moment of Awesome
Gratuitous English
Creepy Child
Paper-Thin Disguise
Big Applesauce
Action Prologue
Manchild
Stylistic Suck
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Captain Obvious
Grey and Gray Morality
Dramedy
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Destination Defenestration
Improbable Weapon User
She Cleans Up Nicely
Light Is Not Good
Ripped from the Headlines
Alpha Bitch
Dark and Troubled Past
The Remake
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Arranged Marriage
Bond Villain Stupidity
Obfuscating Stupidity
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Sole Survivor
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Token Minority
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Let's Get Dangerous!
Those Two Bad Guys
Make It Look Like an Accident
The Cavalry
Funny Background Event
Reasonable Authority Figure
Film Noir Index
Historical-Domain Character
Curse Cut Short
Not What It Looks Like
Coming-of-Age Story
Noodle Incident
Dramatic Irony
Neck Snap
Cat Fight
Parental Abandonment
Not So Stoic
No Name Given
Whole Plot Reference
Anti-Hero
This Is Gonna Suck
Loads and Loads of Characters
Central Theme
Storming the Castle
Black and Gray Morality
Serial Killer
Leitmotif
War Is Hell
Hollywood Law
Parental Substitute
Anguished Declaration of Love
Death Glare
Badass Grandpa
Papa Wolf
Batman Gambit
For the Evulz
Villain Song
No-Sell
Reality Ensues
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Due to the Dead
Spanner in the Works
Butt-Monkey
The Big Guy
The Stoic
Didn't Think This Through
Brainless Beauty
Taking the Bullet
Adapted Out
Every Car Is a Pinto
The Un-Reveal
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Small Name, Big Ego
Psycho for Hire
Cool Shades
The '90s
Chewing the Scenery
Costume Porn
Even Evil Has Standards
Anachronism Stew
Auto Erotica
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Adaptation Dye-Job
Decoy Protagonist
Annoying Younger Sibling
Camera Abuse
The Dreaded
Artistic License Geography
No Antagonist
Red Shirt
Disney Death
The Casanova
Kick the Son of a Bitch
The '60s
Bait-and-Switch
Tranquil Fury
Broken Pedestal
Darker and Edgier
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Historical Villain Upgrade
Spiteful Spit
German Films
Pretty in Mink
Crazy Jealous Guy
Obviously Evil
Shower Scene
Take That!
Authority Equals Asskicking
Friend to All Children
Developing Doomed Characters
Only a Flesh Wound
The Stoner
Totally Radical
Posthumous Character
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Fat Bastard
Gone Horribly Right
Evil Is Petty
Skewed Priorities
Fatal Flaw
Amusing Injuries
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Real Life
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Chessmaster
Disney Villain Death
Knife Nut
Expository Hairstyle Change
Here We Go Again!
Big Fancy House
Mystery and Detective Films
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Overprotective Dad
Cain and Abel
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Dies Wide Open
I'm a Humanitarian
Double-Meaning Title
Unusual Euphemism
Documentary
Homage
Retired Badass
Hero Antagonist
Killed Mid-Sentence
Public Domain Feature Films
Author Appeal
Rousing Speech
Celebrity Paradox
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Genre Shift
Pimped-Out Dress
Deconstruction
Epic Movie
All Men Are Perverts
Serious Business
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Adaptational Badass
Be Careful What You Wish For
Mundane Made Awesome
Action Genre
Our Zombies Are Different
Kids Are Cruel
Immune to Bullets
Bi the Way
Failed a Spot Check
Greater-Scope Villain
Mooks
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Horror Comedy
Novelization
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Determinator
Plucky Comic Relief
Deliberately Monochrome
Big Brother Instinct
Reality Is Unrealistic
MacGuffin
Almost Kiss
Cool Car
Recycled IN SPACE!
Hypocritical Humor
Jerkass
Scenery Gorn
Silent Movie
I Have Your Wife
Hell Is That Noise
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Big Damn Heroes
Market-Based Title
Empathic Environment
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Dramatic Gun Cock
The '70s
Implacable Man
Important Haircut
Faking the Dead
The Bully
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Line-of-Sight Name
Eureka Moment
B-Movie
Catapult Nightmare
Early Installment Weirdness
Dark Is Not Evil
Book-Ends
Meet Cute
Fantasy Films
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Imagine Spot
Establishing Character Moment
Villain with Good Publicity
Random Events Plot
Canon Foreigner
Fantastic Racism
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
The Faceless
An Arm and a Leg
All Just a Dream
The Sociopath
Bowdlerise
Same Language Dub
Distracted by the Sexy
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Lampshade Hanging
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Retcon
Fate Worse than Death
Big Bad
Take a Third Option
It's All About Me
Sequel Escalation
Police are Useless
Big "NO!"
Dull Surprise
Dressing as the Enemy
What Happened to the Mouse?
The Cameo
Fatal Family Photo
Mood Whiplash
All for Nothing
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Pretty Little Headshots
Composite Character
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Face Death with Dignity
Laughing Mad
Properly Paranoid
Jerk Jock
Break the Haughty
Unreliable Narrator
Canadian Movies
Evil Is Hammy
Villain Protagonist
Ambiguously Gay
Outrun the Fireball
Jerkass Has a Point
Groin Attack
Sci-Fi Horror
Badass Normal
Affectionate Parody
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Irony
No OSHA Compliance
Obstructive Bureaucrat
The Chick
Genre Savvy
Evil Counterpart
Hoist by His Own Petard
Foregone Conclusion
Bloodier and Gorier
Love Triangle
Improvised Weapon
Adaptational Heroism
20 Minutes into the Future
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Lighter and Softer
Affably Evil
Defrosting Ice Queen
Cool Old Lady
Badass Longcoat
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Grievous Bottley Harm
The Vamp
Refuge in Audacity
Manipulative Bastard
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie