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