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