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