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