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