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