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