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