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