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