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