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