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