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