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