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