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