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