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