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