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