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