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