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