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