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