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