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