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