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