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