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Covers Always Lie
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All Men Are Perverts
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Historical-Domain Character
Red Eyes, Take Warning
All for Nothing
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Made of Iron
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Big Fancy House
Protagonist Title
Random Events Plot
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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For the Evulz
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Pet the Dog
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Children Are Innocent
Evil Plan
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Mad Scientist
Heroic Sacrifice
The Load
Morality Pet
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Fainting
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Villain Opening Scene
What Happened to the Mouse?
Comically Missing the Point
Pyrrhic Victory
The X of Y
Attempted Rape
Villain Protagonist
Intergenerational Friendship
The End... Or Is It?
Slashed Throat
Idiot Ball
Based on a True Story
The Faceless
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Artistic License Geography
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Evil Laugh
Red Oni, Blue Oni
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Authority Equals Asskicking
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One-Man Army
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All There in the Script
Rape as Drama
Reality Ensues
Ominous Latin Chanting
Due to the Dead
Big Applesauce
Disappeared Dad
Totally Radical
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Let's Get Dangerous!
Race Lift
Took a Level in Badass
Worthy Opponent
Riddle for the Ages
Improbable Weapon User
Actor Allusion
Anachronic Order
Wham Line
Have a Gay Old Time
Hero of Another Story
Naïve Newcomer
Distracted by the Sexy
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Truth in Television
The Voiceless
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How We Got Here
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The Un-Favourite
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Disney Death
Villain with Good Publicity
Handicapped Badass
Stealth Hi/Bye
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Establishing Character Moment
Damsel in Distress
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Animated Credits Opening
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Disguised in Drag
Fire-Forged Friends
Jump Scare
Get Out!
Red Shirt
Drives Like Crazy
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Bloody Hilarious
Camera Abuse
Alliterative Name
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Non-Indicative Name
Retired Badass
Undying Loyalty
Slasher Smile
Refuge in Audacity
Black Best Friend
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Dramatic Irony
The Ghost
Poor Communication Kills
Bullying a Dragon
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Adaptation Dye-Job
Hollywood Law
Parental Incest
Only a Flesh Wound
Wretched Hive
Biopic
Dark and Troubled Past
Super Strength
BrotherSister Incest
Only Sane Man
Knight Templar
Creator Cameo
Interrupted Suicide
Broken Aesop
Easily Forgiven
Alas, Poor Villain
Mugging the Monster
Crucified Hero Shot
Russian Films
Greater-Scope Villain
It's All About Me
All There in the Manual
Sexy Discretion Shot
Artistic License Physics
Hidden Depths
Mighty Whitey
Vacation Films
Vitriolic Best Buds
Would Hurt a Child
Not Quite Dead
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Fingore
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
Captain Ersatz
Bi the Way
Major Injury Underreaction
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
In the Back
Show Within a Show
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For Want of a Nail
Room Full of Crazy
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Extreme Doormat
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Expy
War Is Hell
Famous Last Words
Hollywood Darkness
Never Trust a Trailer
Suddenly SHOUTING!
The Bad Guy Wins
What You Are in the Dark
Large Ham
Hero Antagonist
It Can Think
Nothing Is Scarier
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Fanservice
Thriller
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Spanner in the Works
All Just a Dream
I Need a Freaking Drink
Meet Cute
Dies Wide Open
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
The Place
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An Arm and a Leg
The Stoner
Evil Brit
Psychological Thriller
Defiant to the End
Zombie Stories
Taking the Bullet
The Oner
Real Life
Black Dude Dies First
And the Adventure Continues
Humiliation Conga
Left the Background Music On
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Knife Nut
Setting Update
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Redshirt Army
A Minor Kidroduction
Military and Warfare Films
Destination Defenestration
Early-Bird Cameo
Gold Digger
Toplessness from the Back
The '70s
Annoying Younger Sibling
As You Know
Noodle Incident
The Hero
The Starscream
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Deliberately Monochrome
Eagleland
Karma Houdini
Papa Wolf
Last-Name Basis
Works Set in World War II
The Atoner
Catapult Nightmare
Brutal Honesty
Fan Disservice
Rule of Three
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Calling the Old Man Out
Male Frontal Nudity
Broken Pedestal
HeelFace Turn
Adorkable
Recap /
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Our Zombies Are Different
In Medias Res
Pay Evil unto Evil
Epic Movie
Black and Gray Morality
Spell My Name with an "S"
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Faux Affably Evil
Cool Car
Catch-Phrase
Green-Eyed Monster
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Title Drop
Cluster F-Bomb
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Badass Longcoat
The Smurfette Principle
Ripped from the Headlines
Adults Are Useless
Gilligan Cut
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Gratuitous English
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Eiffel Tower Effect
Heel Realization
Retcon
Does Not Like Shoes
Babies Ever After
Parental Abandonment
Drugs Are Bad
Mr. Fanservice
Instant Death Bullet
My Beloved Smother
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Eldritch Abomination
Plot Hole
Happily Married
Stealth Pun
Genre Shift
Ungrateful Bastard
Decoy Protagonist
Badass Bookworm
Artistic License Military
Sci-Fi Horror
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Lampshade Hanging
Novelization
Never My Fault
Back from the Dead
Did Not Get the Girl
Corrupt Corporate Executive
MacGuffin
Five-Man Band
Narrator
The Bully
Betty and Veronica
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Dissonant Serenity
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
FaceHeel Turn
Psycho for Hire
Closed Circle
Villain Ball
Eyepatch of Power
Woman in White
Bond Villain Stupidity
A God Am I
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Skewed Priorities
Deus ex Machina
Earn Your Happy Ending
Half the Man He Used to Be
Badass Boast
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Made of Explodium
Man on Fire
Costume Porn
Beware the Nice Ones
Bavarian Fire Drill
Canon Foreigner
Credits Gag
Defrosting Ice Queen
Darker and Edgier
Pretty Little Headshots
Star-Crossed Lovers
Tagline
Paper-Thin Disguise
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Crazy Jealous Guy
Disney Villain Death
Eye Scream
Department of Redundancy Department
Tap on the Head
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Death by Adaptation
Fate Worse than Death
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Really Gets Around
Bond One-Liner
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Creepy Child
The Ditz
Bolivian Army Ending
Arch-Enemy
Moment Killer
20 Minutes into the Future
Cruel and Unusual Death
Police Brutality
Cool Old Guy
Trailers Always Spoil
Ambiguously Gay
Cain and Abel
Real Life Writes the Plot
Death by Irony
Line-of-Sight Name
Grey and Gray Morality
Serious Business
Sassy Black Woman
Older Than They Look
Evil Is Hammy
Big "NO!"
Dark Reprise
Demonic Possession
Malevolent Masked Men
Hate Sink
Whole Plot Reference
Affably Evil
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Gorn
Obviously Evil
Romantic Comedy
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Kill 'em All
Chiaroscuro
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
The Lancer
Gainax Ending
Motor Mouth
Evil Sounds Deep
Action Girl
Immune to Bullets
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Video Credits
Manly Tears
Adaptation Distillation
Japanese Films
Scare Chord
Evil Is Petty
Double Entendre
I'm a Humanitarian
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Genre Throwback
Woman Scorned
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Bury Your Gays
Driven to Suicide
Kill It with Fire
Badass Normal
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Not So Stoic
Author Avatar
Disproportionate Retribution
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Bloodless Carnage
Card-Carrying Villain
Break the Cutie
Cowboy Cop
Failed a Spot Check
Abhorrent Admirer
It's Personal
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Fourth Date Marriage
Anti-Villain
Only Known by Their Nickname
Auto Erotica
The Chick
The '90s
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Married to the Job
Depraved Bisexual
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Your Head A-Splode
Historical Hero Upgrade
Character Development
Celebrity Paradox
Mythology Gag
Foil
Air-Vent Passageway
Fun with Acronyms
Epic Fail
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Ship Tease
Christmas Movies Index
Love at First Sight
Sequel Escalation
The Chessmaster
A Date with Rosie Palms
The '60s
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Here We Go Again!
Punny Name
Gory Discretion Shot
Cold-Blooded Torture
Pragmatic Adaptation
Insistent Terminology
Offscreen Teleportation
Award-Bait Song
Spiritual Successor
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Ascended Extra
Dressing as the Enemy
Animal Title Index
Evil-Detecting Dog
Not So Different
Homage
Mercy Kill
This Is Gonna Suck
Continuity Nod
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Central Theme
'80s Hair
Public Domain Feature Films
Spiteful Spit
Villain Song
Product Placement
Horror Comedy
The Cavalry
German Films
As the Good Book Says...
Twist Ending
Jitter Cam
The Brute
Ambiguous Disorder
Heroes Want Redheads
The '50s
Smoking Is Cool
Rasputinian Death
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Mr. Exposition
Kids Are Cruel
The Smart Guy
Only One Name
BFG
Adaptational Attractiveness
Fat Bastard
Author Appeal
Blood Knight
Awesome, but Impractical
Groin Attack
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Film Noir Index
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
Soundtrack Dissonance
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Eureka Moment
Shirtless Scene
Light Is Not Good
Bloodier and Gorier
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Artistic License History
Visual Pun
Maybe Ever After
She Cleans Up Nicely
Arc Words
Neck Snap
Even Evil Has Standards
Chekhov's Skill
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
No-Sell
Cool Old Lady
Butt-Monkey
Index of Film Westerns
Every Car Is a Pinto
The Hero Dies
One-Word Title
Neck Lift
You Have Failed Me
Reasonable Authority Figure
Mistaken for Gay
Sequel Hook
Ass Shove
Casting Gag
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Wham Shot
Parental Substitute
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
No Name Given
I Have Your Wife
Conspicuous CG
Big-Bad Ensemble
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Parental Neglect
Informed Ability
Empathic Environment
Improvised Weapon
Vomit Discretion Shot
Guns Akimbo
No Ending
Shell-Shocked Veteran
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Apocalypse How
Crapsack World
Vampire Fiction
Bald of Evil
Soft Glass
Unusual Euphemism
Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Stoic
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Mystery and Detective Films
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Up to Eleven
Put on a Bus
What the Hell, Hero?
Spared by the Adaptation
Big Eater
Enemy Mine
Expository Hairstyle Change
Canadian Movies
The Quiet One
Fish out of Water
Dirty Cop
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Brick Joke
Wrong Genre Savvy
Lock and Load Montage
Straight Gay
No OSHA Compliance
Break the Haughty
Rule of Funny
Hypocrite
Cat Scare
And Starring
Mama Bear
Match Cut
Martial Arts Movie
Nice Hat
Mexican Standoff
Bland-Name Product
The Power of Love
Jerkass Has a Point
Actually Pretty Funny
Big Damn Heroes
Would Hit a Girl
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Ambiguous Ending
Bad Boss
Domestic Abuse
Broken Bird
Killed Mid-Sentence
Our Vampires Are Different
Sanity Slippage
Foregone Conclusion
The Dog Bites Back
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Once More, with Clarity!
Fiery Redhead
Together in Death
Car Fu
Anguished Declaration of Love
An Axe to Grind
Frame-Up
Accidental Murder
Double-Meaning Title
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Red Right Hand
Darkest Hour
Badass in a Nice Suit
Final Girl
Loads and Loads of Characters
Revenge
Flipping the Bird
Combat Pragmatist
Faking the Dead
Fanservice Extra
The Sociopath
Badass Grandpa
Properly Paranoid
Take That!
It Will Never Catch On
Stepford Smiler
The Dreaded
The Ace
Pretty in Mink
The '80s
My Greatest Failure
Fatal Flaw
Corpsing
Jerkass
Early Installment Weirdness
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Death Seeker
Country Matters
Retirony
Fantasy Films
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Same Language Dub
Beard of Evil
Femme Fatale
Batman Gambit
Beta Couple
Recycled IN SPACE!
The Reveal
Training Montage
Extremely Short Timespan
Chase Scene
Asshole Victim
Shipper on Deck
Take a Third Option
Stylistic Suck
Shower Scene
Cloudcuckoolander
Sealed Evil in a Can
A Father to His Men
Blatant Lies
I Did What I Had to Do
Composite Character
The Vamp
Downer Ending
An Aesop
Kubrick Stare
Developing Doomed Characters
Advertised Extra
Bar Brawl
Bad "Bad Acting"
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
The Stinger
Those Two Bad Guys
"Awesome McCool" Name
Tranquil Fury
Obfuscating Stupidity
Honor Before Reason
Black Comedy Rape
Politically Incorrect Villain
Smug Snake
Anyone Can Die
The Mafia
Oh, Crap!
Dark Is Not Evil
Improbable Aiming Skills
Shown Their Work
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
And I Must Scream
Genre Savvy
Naked People Are Funny
Dirty Coward
Agony of the Feet
Never Found the Body
Almost Kiss
Translation Convention
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Wicked Cultured
Token Minority
Death of a Child
Red Herring
Historical Villain Upgrade
Deconstruction
Took a Level in Jerkass
Self-Deprecation
Pragmatic Villainy
The Dragon
The Remake
The Musical
Dull Surprise
Australian Movies
Madness Mantra
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Ax-Crazy
Meaningful Echo
Monumental Damage
Adaptational Badass
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
From Bad to Worse
The Alleged Car
The Un-Reveal
Didn't Think This Through
La Résistance
Meaningful Background Event
Friend to All Children
Intrepid Reporter
Better to Die than Be Killed
Face Death with Dignity
Too Dumb to Live