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