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