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