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