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