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