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