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