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