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