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