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