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