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