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