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