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