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