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