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One of the defining traits of this particular character is his movie lore. This character will compare nearly ''everything'' to a scene from a movie. While this character might be [[Genre Savvy]] it's not a requirement.
 
Additionally, [['''The Movie Buff]]''' usually knows all about Oscar nominees, Oscars won, actors, directors, Emmy awards, how a movie was received, etc.
 
This is usually a source of pride for said character but can sometimes be a source of chagrin for the rest of the cast.
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His knowledge is likely to be used for humor more often than it is used as a plot point.
 
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Film Freak from the ''[[Batman (Franchise)|Batman]]'' comics.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Randy in ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]''.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* The extremely [[Genre Savvy]] Klingon communication officer in the ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' novel ''How Much for Just the Planet?'' specializes in [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] movies, and is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of same.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Dean from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.
* Tony on ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]''.
* [[Remington Steele (TV)|Remington Steele]]. Every case he and Laura had could be solved by his remembering the plot of an old movie.
* Abed from ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]''. Naturally, he's a film student.
* In ''[[Big Wolf Onon Campus]]'', Merton J. Dingle makes movie references pretty much [[Once an Episode]].
* Dawson, the title character in ''[[DawsonsDawson's Creek (TV)|Dawsons Creek]]''. He even has a theory that the answers to all of life's questions can be found in Spielberg films.
* Shawn Spencer from ''[[Psych (TV)|Psych]]'' to a ridiculous degree. He is constantly comparing situations to movies (and TV shows) and casting himself and his friends in the various roles.
* Ed Chigliak on ''[[Northern Exposure]]''.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Paramedic of ''[[Metal Gear Solid (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid]] 3'' fame loves trashy B-Movies, and uses them as a metaphor for gameplay.
* The main character in ''[[Secret of Evermore (Video Game)|Secret of Evermore]]''.
* Agent Francis York Morgan of ''[[Deadly Premonition (Video Game)|Deadly Premonition]]'' will go off on tangents discussing his favorite movies while driving around in game. It ranges from reminiscing about ''[[Fast Times Atat Ridgemont High]]'' to referencing some seriously obscure B-horror movies.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'':
** Both John Egbert and his [[Evil Counterpart|Troll counterpart]], Karkat enjoy bad movies and rom-coms as a guilty pleasure (or in John's case, out of really bad taste), and John especially makes loads of references to them throughout the series.
** In Act 6, Jake English, who loves all movies indiscriminately, to the point that you can't see his bedroom walls under the posters.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'''s Carl specializes in action movies and/or hot actresses, and can quote the exact second you need to see.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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