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