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