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