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