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