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