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