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