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