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