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