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