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