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