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