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