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