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