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