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