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