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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
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Everyone Has Standards
Artistic License History
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What You Are in the Dark
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Shut Up, Hannibal!
Adaptational Badass
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight
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Love at First Sight
Villainous Breakdown
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Calling the Old Man Out
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Badass Normal
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Adults Are Useless
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Plot Hole
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A Date with Rosie Palms
As Himself
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Not Using the "Z" Word
Artistic License Law
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aka: Riff Trax Movies
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No-Sell
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Evil Sounds Deep
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Woman Scorned
Villain Opening Scene
Early-Bird Cameo
Distracted by the Sexy
Needs Wiki Magic Love
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Covers Always Lie
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Get Out!
All Men Are Perverts
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
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Better to Die than Be Killed
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Mr. Fanservice
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Gainax Ending
Drugs Are Bad
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Would Hurt a Child
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Not So Different
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Bittersweet Ending
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Anguished Declaration of Love
Redemption Equals Death
British Films
Intergenerational Friendship
Evil Is Petty
Historical Villain Upgrade
Truth in Television
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Nothing Is Scarier
Auto Erotica
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The X of Y
Heroic Sacrifice
Only Known by Their Nickname
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Adaptation Name Change
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She Cleans Up Nicely
Rule of Three
Shown Their Work
Last-Name Basis
Title Drop
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Noodle Incident
Blackmail
Those Two Guys
Canadian Movies
Kids Are Cruel
NO INDOOR VOICE
Documentary
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Not Quite Dead
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Poor Communication Kills
My God, What Have I Done?
Superhero
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Bloodless Carnage
Oh, Crap!
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Determinator
Spared by the Adaptation
Gone Horribly Right
Villain Song
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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Fantasy Films
Totally Radical
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Cat Fight
Be Careful What You Wish For
All There in the Script
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Meet Cute
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All There in the Manual
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Villain Ball
I Have Your Wife
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Dramatic Gun Cock
Cool Old Lady
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Five-Man Band
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Deadpan Snarker
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Anti-Hero
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
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Karma Houdini
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Dutch Angle
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
The Bad Guy Wins
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Homage
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Defiant to the End
The Chessmaster
Villain Protagonist
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Enemy Mine
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Market-Based Title
The Load
Mistaken for Gay
Big Fancy House
Camp Gay
Black Comedy
Dark and Troubled Past
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Big "NO!"
Rich Bitch
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The Dog Bites Back
Not What It Looks Like
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Riddle for the Ages
Mundane Made Awesome
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Thriller
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign
The Remake
Say My Name
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Adorkable
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Ripped from the Headlines
Wretched Hive
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Bland-Name Product
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
The Dragon
Wham Shot
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Naked People Are Funny
Domestic Abuse
Death by Sex
Line-of-Sight Name
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Punny Name
One-Man Army
Madness Mantra
Scary Black Man
Extreme Doormat
Serial Killer
Abusive Parents
True Companions
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Attempted Rape
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Police are Useless
Biopic
Bloody Hilarious
Ship Tease
Shower Scene
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Crapsack World
No OSHA Compliance
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Brutal Honesty
Knife Nut
Abhorrent Admirer
Credits Gag
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Spiritual Successor
Love Triangle
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Bar Brawl
Meaningful Echo
Easily Forgiven
The '60s
Despair Event Horizon
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Not So Above It All
Bad Boss
"Shaggy Dog" Story
The '90s
Apocalypse How
Casting Gag
Fainting
Unreliable Narrator
The Chick
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Double-Meaning Title
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Broken Pedestal
Driven to Suicide
Action Survivor
The Oner
Slasher Smile
Evil Laugh
Cloudcuckoolander
Woman in White
Reality Ensues
Leitmotif
Made of Explodium
Antagonist Title
Nice Hat
In Name Only
Sci-Fi Horror
Fire-Forged Friends
After the End
Room Full of Crazy
No Ending
Cool Shades
The Hero
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Death by Adaptation
Authority Equals Asskicking
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Artistic License Gun Safety
Humans Are Bastards
As the Good Book Says...
Comically Missing the Point
Make It Look Like an Accident
Irony
Hate Sink
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Aluminum Christmas Trees
Stock Footage
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Spiteful Spit
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Gilligan Cut
Kubrick Stare
Tranquil Fury
This Is Gonna Suck
Frame-Up
Big Bad Duumvirate
Took a Level in Badass
Green-Eyed Monster
Your Head A-Splode
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Black Best Friend
20 Minutes into the Future
Book-Ends
Brick Joke
Revenge
The Ghost
Yandere
Karmic Death
Mystery and Detective Films
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Badass in a Nice Suit
Take a Third Option
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Dying Moment of Awesome
Match Cut
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Blatant Lies
The Lost Lenore
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
What Happened to the Mouse?
Training Montage
Missing Mom
Older Than They Look
Parental Substitute
Pragmatic Adaptation
Never Trust a Trailer
Empathic Environment
Disney Villain Death
Sequel Escalation
From Nobody to Nightmare
Reasonable Authority Figure
Mood Whiplash
In Medias Res
Kick the Dog
Made of Iron
What the Hell, Hero?
Funny Foreigner
Due to the Dead
Evil Brit
Establishing Character Moment
Small Name, Big Ego
Chewing the Scenery
The Place
Almost Kiss
Up to Eleven
Re-Cut
Really Gets Around
Femme Fatale
Hero of Another Story
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Neck Snap
Cold-Blooded Torture
Armor-Piercing Question
Novelization
Product Placement
The Dreaded
Smoking Is Cool
Our Zombies Are Different
Arranged Marriage
In the Back
Deus ex Machina
Death Seeker
Nice Guy
Here We Go Again!
Mythology Gag
Curse Cut Short
Rasputinian Death
Index of Film Westerns
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Jump Scare
Obfuscating Stupidity
Running Gag
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Video Credits
Adaptation Distillation
Informed Ability
Protagonist Title
Instant Death Bullet
Artistic License Biology
The End... Or Is It?
Blood Knight
Mooks
Dies Wide Open
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
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Manly Tears
Zombie Stories
No Antagonist
Early Installment Weirdness
Sequel Hook
Spanner in the Works
Fish out of Water
The Brute
Destination Defenestration
La Résistance
War Is Hell
The Musical
Jitter Cam
Maybe Ever After
Insane Troll Logic
I Need a Freaking Drink
Dogged Nice Guy
Adapted Out
Your Cheating Heart
Final Girl
Foreshadowing
Mighty Whitey
Big Applesauce
Slasher Movie
As You Know
For Want of a Nail
The '50s
BFG
Cassandra Truth
Would Hit a Girl
For the Evulz
Monumental Damage
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Time Skip
Faking the Dead
Villain with Good Publicity
Meaningful Name
Anachronism Stew
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Black Comedy Rape
Translation Convention
Ominous Latin Chanting
Laughing Mad
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Fan Disservice
Together in Death
Obviously Evil
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Skewed Priorities
Insult Backfire
Advertised Extra
Victoria's Secret Compartment
Bait-and-Switch
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Took a Level in Jerkass
Tap on the Head
Affably Evil
Parental Abandonment
Rated M for Manly
Shout-Out
Darkest Hour
Break the Cutie
The Bully
Silence Is Golden
Closed Circle
Famous Last Words
Didn't Think This Through
The Film of the Book
Artistic License Military
Film Series
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Serious Business
Flipping the Bird
Big-Bad Ensemble
From Bad to Worse
Dark Is Not Evil
Stalker with a Crush
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Motor Mouth
Light Is Not Good
Dramatic Irony
Hell Is That Noise
Gold Digger
Playing Gertrude
Jerkass
Daddy's Girl
Accidental Murder
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Idiot Ball
Genre Throwback
Undying Loyalty
Animated Credits Opening
Real Life
Rape as Drama
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Reality Is Unrealistic
Cowboy Cop
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Same Language Dub
Male Gaze
Developing Doomed Characters
Sanity Slippage
Character Development
Department of Redundancy Department
All Just a Dream
"Awesome McCool" Name
Mind Screw
Camera Abuse
Gratuitous English
No Name Given
The Mafia
Costume Porn
Important Haircut
Exact Words
Overprotective Dad
Dirty Cop
Tempting Fate
Asshole Victim
Stylistic Suck
The Ace
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Friend to All Children
Posthumous Character
Soft Glass
Bolivian Army Ending
Captain Obvious
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Celebrity Paradox
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Refuge in Audacity
Retired Badass
Military and Warfare Films
Dark Reprise
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Break the Haughty
Sealed Evil in a Can
Amoral Attorney
Have a Gay Old Time
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Eiffel Tower Effect
Christmas Movies Index
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Sinister Minister
Actually Pretty Funny
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
HeelFace Turn
Meaningful Background Event
Knight Templar
Evil-Detecting Dog
Cool Guns
Only a Flesh Wound
Wham Line
The Great Depression
Black Dude Dies First
Fanservice Extra
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Air-Vent Passageway
Gory Discretion Shot
Badass Bookworm
Race Against the Clock
Action Genre
Face Death with Dignity
Fantastic Racism
Dwindling Party
Silent Movie
You Killed My Father
Eagleland
Evil Is Hammy
Off with His Head!
Never My Fault
Precision F-Strike
Central Theme
The Casanova
Non-Indicative Name
Bilingual Bonus
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Vamp
Eyepatch of Power
Music Stories
Reality Has No Subtitles
Drowning My Sorrows
Beware the Nice Ones
Psychological Thriller
Half the Man He Used to Be
Funny Background Event
Expy
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Mercy Kill
Big Brother Instinct
Works Set in World War II
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Fatal Family Photo
Coming-of-Age Story
Spell My Name with an "S"
FaceHeel Turn
Russian Films
Chase Scene
Romantic False Lead
Animal Motifs
Toplessness from the Back
Eye Scream
Disney Death
Fiery Redhead
Death of a Child
Creator Cameo
The Voiceless
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Slashed Throat
The Lancer
One-Word Title
Take That!
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Berserk Button
Worthy Opponent
Loads and Loads of Characters
Bare Your Midriff
Once More, with Clarity!
Hypocrite
Psycho for Hire
Arch-Enemy
And the Adventure Continues
Mr. Exposition
Rule of Symbolism
Real Life Writes the Plot
Sexy Discretion Shot
Hoist by His Own Petard
An Axe to Grind
Expository Hairstyle Change
Scare Chord
A Father to His Men
Adaptational Villainy
Redshirt Army
Ms. Fanservice
Deconstruction
You Have Failed Me
Sacrificial Lion
The Starscream
More Dakka
Country Matters
Hong Kong Films
Does Not Like Shoes
Interrupted Suicide
Diabolus ex Machina
Bound and Gagged
Conspicuous CG
Left the Background Music On
The Quiet One
Alas, Poor Villain
Creepy Child
Immune to Bullets
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Becoming the Mask
Action Girl
Disproportionate Retribution
He Knows Too Much
Fun with Acronyms
Italian Films
Demoted to Extra
Bi the Way
Mad Scientist
Kill 'em All
Continuity Nod
Epic Fail
Slap-Slap-Kiss
It Will Never Catch On
Hero Antagonist
Morality Pet
Artistic License Physics
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Martial Arts Movie
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Manipulative Bastard
Pretty in Mink
Show Within a Show
Improbable Weapon User
Logo Joke
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Sassy Black Woman
Red Shirt
Amusing Injuries
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Pet the Dog
Large Ham
Card-Carrying Villain
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Ax-Crazy
Ironic Echo
It's All About Me
Lampshade Hanging
Fat Bastard
Badass Grandpa
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Ungrateful Bastard
Malevolent Masked Men
Romantic Comedy
Bottomless Magazines
Visual Pun
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Bavarian Fire Drill
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Hypocritical Humor
Hair-Trigger Temper
Good Is Not Nice
Token Minority
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Alliterative Name
Narrator
My Greatest Failure
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Cool Car
It Can Think