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