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