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