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