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