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