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