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