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