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