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