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