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