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