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