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