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