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