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