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