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