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