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