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