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