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