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