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