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