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