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