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