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