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