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