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