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