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