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