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