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