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