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