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