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