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