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