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