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