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