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