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