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