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