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