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