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