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