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