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