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