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