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