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