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