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