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