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