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