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