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