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