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