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