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