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