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