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