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