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