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