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