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