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