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