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