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