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