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