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