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