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