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