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