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