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