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