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