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