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