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