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