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