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