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