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