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