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