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