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