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