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