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