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