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