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