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