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