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