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