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