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