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