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