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