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