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