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