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