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