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