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