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