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