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