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