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