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