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