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