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