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