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