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