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