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