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