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