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