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