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