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