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