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All for Nothing
He Who Fights Monsters
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Made of Iron
Evil Is Petty
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Cool Old Guy
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Honor Before Reason
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Only Sane Man
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Cool Guns
Bad Boss
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Closed Circle
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Reality Has No Subtitles
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Dropped a Bridge on Him
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones
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Crapsack World
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Sinister Minister
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Stalker with a Crush
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Pet the Dog
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Fake Shemp
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Aluminum Christmas Trees
In Name Only
The '60s
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Police Brutality
Rousing Speech
Affably Evil
Hypocritical Humor
Too Dumb to Live
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Humans Are Bastards
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Chiaroscuro
Drugs Are Bad
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Groin Attack
Evil Brit
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Love Triangle
Precision F-Strike
Would Hurt a Child
Pimped-Out Dress
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Martial Arts Movie
The Dog Bites Back
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Nice Hat
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It Can Think
Evil Sounds Deep
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Zombie Stories
Dressing as the Enemy
As the Good Book Says...
Punch-Clock Villain
Country Matters
The Musical
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Narrator
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Plucky Comic Relief
Cowboy Cop
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Bloody Hilarious
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Crazy-Prepared
Rape as Drama
Only One Name
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Early Installment Weirdness
No Ending
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Covers Always Lie
Didn't Think This Through
Heroic BSoD
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Shown Their Work
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Scary Black Man
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The Ditz
Kick the Dog
Bound and Gagged
Would Hit a Girl
The Cavalry
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Cool Car
Let's Get Dangerous!
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Made of Explodium
Market-Based Title
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
The Place
Overly Long Gag
Knight Templar
Butt-Monkey
Dying Moment of Awesome
Storming the Castle
Chase Scene
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Actually Pretty Funny
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Sequel Escalation
Woman Scorned
Kubrick Stare
Music Stories
Sci-Fi Horror
Those Two Guys
Wham Shot
What You Are in the Dark
Death Seeker
Ass Shove
You Have Failed Me
A Father to His Men
Refuge in Audacity
Action Survivor
Romantic Comedy
Film Noir Index
Dutch Angle
Failed a Spot Check
The Alcoholic
Fanservice
Self-Deprecation
Contrived Coincidence
And the Adventure Continues
Author Appeal
Blood Knight
Improbable Aiming Skills
Title Drop
Put on a Bus
An Axe to Grind
As Himself
In the Back
Apocalypse How
Poor Communication Kills
Jitter Cam
Mercy Kill
Artistic License Biology
Ripped from the Headlines
Adaptation Distillation
Really Gets Around
Authority Equals Asskicking
Ironic Echo
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
'80s Hair
Woman in White
Instant Death Bullet
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Big Fancy House
Bar Brawl
The Load
The '70s
Our Zombies Are Different
Not So Stoic
Decoy Protagonist
In Medias Res
Call-Back
It's All About Me
Early-Bird Cameo
Imagine Spot
Sanity Slippage
Not So Above It All
Psychological Thriller
Hoist by His Own Petard
Cluster F-Bomb
Left the Background Music On
Fatal Flaw
Everyone Has Standards
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Leitmotif
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Almost Kiss
Abhorrent Admirer
Unreliable Narrator
Guile Hero
Leave the Camera Running
Vampire Fiction
Whole Plot Reference
Parental Neglect
No Antagonist
Central Theme
Bittersweet Ending
Television Movie Index
Jerkass Has a Point
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Revenge
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Pay Evil unto Evil
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Deconstruction
The Film of the Book
Death of a Child
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Break the Cutie
Not What It Looks Like
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Calling the Old Man Out
Death by Sex
Annoying Younger Sibling
Facial Horror
Empathic Environment
Riddle for the Ages
Determinator
He Knows Too Much
She's Got Legs
Captain Obvious
Playing Gertrude
Faking the Dead
Flashback
Papa Wolf
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Large Ham
Dumb Blonde
Badass Boast
Crucified Hero Shot
It's Personal
Mind Screw
Cain and Abel
Darkest Hour
Stealth Pun
Race Lift
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Loads and Loads of Characters
Have a Gay Old Time
Casting Gag
Fingore
Greater-Scope Villain
Missing Mom
Karma Houdini
Not So Different
No Name Given
Disproportionate Retribution
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Slasher Smile
Auto Erotica
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
NO INDOOR VOICE
Brick Joke
Spell My Name with an "S"
Recycled IN SPACE!
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Badass in a Nice Suit
Wham Line
Cool Shades
Awesome, but Impractical
Training Montage
Camera Abuse
Bloodier and Gorier
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Artistic License Military
Tagline
Dull Surprise
Bland-Name Product
Scenery Porn
Married to the Job
Be Careful What You Wish For
Off with His Head!
Action Girl
Love at First Sight
Nothing Is Scarier
Super Strength
Mama Bear
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Sports Stories
Retirony
Creepy Child
The Lost Lenore
Gone Horribly Right
Historical In-Joke
Immune to Bullets
Loophole Abuse
Genre Shift
Token Minority
The Atoner
Maybe Ever After
Aside Glance
Arranged Marriage
I Did What I Had to Do
Black Comedy Rape
Back from the Dead
Big Eater
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Dramatic Gun Cock
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Malevolent Masked Men
Face Death with Dignity
Cool Old Lady
Take a Third Option
Adaptation Name Change
Broken Pedestal
Up to Eleven
Sadistic Choice
Daddy's Girl
Madness Mantra
BFG
Anti-Hero
Demoted to Extra
Jump Scare
A Minor Kidroduction
Historical Villain Upgrade
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Dark Is Not Evil
Informed Ability
Bare Your Midriff
Rasputinian Death
Fainting
Based on a True Story
Mythology Gag
Lighter and Softer
Faux Affably Evil
Vomit Discretion Shot
Credits Gag
Happily Married
The Oner
The '90s
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Grey and Gray Morality
Get Out!
Race Against the Clock
A Date with Rosie Palms
B-Movie
Male Frontal Nudity
Antagonist Title
Even Evil Has Standards
Double-Meaning Title
Totally Radical
Half the Man He Used to Be
Becoming the Mask
Catapult Nightmare
Dirty Old Man
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
More Dakka
Hero of Another Story
Red Herring
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Say My Name
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Heroes Want Redheads
Big Applesauce
Only a Flesh Wound
The Chick
Children Are Innocent
Cassandra Truth
Taking You with Me
Vitriolic Best Buds
Intrepid Reporter
Amusing Injuries
Establishing Character Moment
Not Quite Dead
Logo Joke
Eagleland
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Neck Snap
Here We Go Again!
Epic Movie
Mad Scientist
Video Credits
Adorkable
Dark Reprise
Death by Irony
Foil
Russian Films
Sassy Black Woman
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RiffTrax
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Punny Name
Hate Sink
Call-Forward
Camp Gay
The Hero Dies
Curb-Stomp Battle
Meet Cute
Slashed Throat
Combat Pragmatist
Adults Are Useless
Beard of Evil
True Companions
Dogged Nice Guy
Shout-Out
Cold-Blooded Torture
Shipper on Deck
Light Is Not Good
Stock Footage
Gold Digger
Police are Useless
From Bad to Worse
Skewed Priorities
Alpha Bitch
Double Entendre
Broken Bird
Adaptational Heroism
Eldritch Abomination
Killed Mid-Sentence
Artistic License Geography
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Demonic Possession
Domestic Abuse
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Not Using the "Z" Word
Death Glare
Mr. Fanservice
Armor-Piercing Question
All Just a Dream
Betty and Veronica
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Moment Killer
Beta Couple
One Steve Limit
Grievous Bottley Harm
"Awesome McCool" Name
Yandere
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Age Lift
Character Development
Time Skip
Meaningful Echo
Downer Ending
Depraved Bisexual
Funny Foreigner
Psychopathic Manchild
Sexy Discretion Shot
Tempting Fate
I Need a Freaking Drink
Reality Is Unrealistic
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Cat Fight
Gender Flip
Bowdlerise
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Kill 'em All
Fat Bastard
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Foreshadowing
Hidden Depths
For the Evulz
Artistic License Gun Safety
Kill It with Fire
Pretty Little Headshots
Only Known by Their Nickname
Wretched Hive
Artistic License Law
Drives Like Crazy
Corpsing
Drowning My Sorrows
Ms. Fanservice
Fate Worse than Death
Evil Counterpart
Spiteful Spit
Manly Tears
Small Name, Big Ego
Rated M for Manly
Blackmail
Famous Last Words
Ambiguous Disorder
Idiot Ball
Heel Realization
Dark Action Girl
Parental Substitute
Fantasy Films
Naïve Newcomer
Jerk Jock
Green-Eyed Monster
Exact Words
Femme Fatale
Horror Films
Foregone Conclusion
Outrun the Fireball
Stealth Hi/Bye
Wrong Genre Savvy
The Mafia
Bullying a Dragon
Extremely Short Timespan
Pragmatic Adaptation
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Hypocrite
Villainous Breakdown
Gratuitous English
The '50s
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Match Cut
Sacrificial Lion
The Stinger
Took a Level in Jerkass
War Is Hell
Man on Fire
Villain Ball
Sole Survivor
Meaningful Background Event
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Wicked Cultured
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Gory Discretion Shot
Dark and Troubled Past
The Voiceless
Jerkass
Adaptation Expansion
The Remake
I Have Your Wife
Every Car Is a Pinto
Never Found the Body
My God, What Have I Done?
Handicapped Badass
Babies Ever After
Dies Wide Open
Paper-Thin Disguise
Neck Lift
Bilingual Bonus
Defiant to the End
Film Series
After the End
Irony
Adaptational Badass
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
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Sealed Evil in a Can
Bad "Bad Acting"
Evil Plan
Attempted Rape
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Only in It for the Money
Silence Is Golden
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Berserk Button
The Brute
Arc Words
Bait-and-Switch
What the Hell, Hero?
Conspicuous CG
It Will Never Catch On
Redemption Equals Death
Hong Kong Films
Animal Title Index
Fanservice Extra
Curse Cut Short
Good Is Not Nice
From Nobody to Nightmare
Important Haircut
Comically Missing the Point
Truth in Television
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Mexican Standoff
Big Brother Instinct
Ship Tease
Anachronic Order
Big Damn Heroes
Manipulative Bastard
Psycho for Hire
Red Shirt
Badass Normal
Real Life
Evil-Detecting Dog
Together in Death
Adult Fear
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Bi the Way
You Killed My Father
Anguished Declaration of Love
Your Cheating Heart
Evil vs. Evil
Ax-Crazy
Composite Character
For Want of a Nail
Dramatic Irony
The Un-Reveal
Guns Akimbo
Mystery and Detective Films
Hollywood Law
Trailers Always Spoil
Hope Spot
Smoking Is Cool
The Sociopath
Laughing Mad
Translation Convention
The Cameo
Straight Gay
Disney Villain Death
Never My Fault
Hollywood Darkness
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Star-Crossed Lovers
Animated Credits Opening
Mundane Made Awesome
Properly Paranoid
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Fish out of Water
Random Events Plot
Damsel in Distress
Friend to All Children
Villain Protagonist
Adaptation Dye-Job
This Is Gonna Suck
The Stoner
Ungrateful Bastard
Earn Your Happy Ending
Deliberately Monochrome
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Ghost Fiction
Badass Bookworm
Disney Death
Getting Crap Past the Radar
All Men Are Perverts
Lampshade Hanging
Black Comedy
Blatant Lies
Chekhov's Gun
Insult Backfire
Shirtless Scene
Broken Aesop
Silent Movie
Chewing the Scenery
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Retired Badass
One-Man Army
Driven to Suicide
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Eye Scream
Animal Motifs
Line-of-Sight Name
Rich Bitch
Final Girl
Once More, with Clarity!
Documentary
Air-Vent Passageway
Offscreen Teleportation
Anachronism Stew
Alas, Poor Villain
A God Am I
Horror Comedy
Plot Hole
No-Sell
The Ghost
Department of Redundancy Department
Ambiguously Gay
Bolivian Army Ending
Room Full of Crazy
Ominous Latin Chanting
Knife Nut
Blood from the Mouth
Running Gag
Continuity Nod
Homage
The Big Guy
Abusive Parents
Chekhov's Skill
Unresolved Sexual Tension
The Alleged Car
Soundtrack Dissonance
Laser-Guided Karma
Spanner in the Works
Genre Savvy
Twist Ending
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Mooks
Does Not Like Shoes
Dramedy
Reasonable Authority Figure
Creative Closing Credits
Gorn
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Those Wacky Nazis
BrotherSister Incest
Manchild
The End... Or Is It?
Posthumous Character
Noodle Incident
Karmic Death
Red Right Hand
Batman Gambit
Adaptational Villainy
Make It Look Like an Accident
Due to the Dead
Morality Pet
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor