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