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