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