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