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