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