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