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