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