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