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