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