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