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