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