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