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