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