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