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