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