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