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