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