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