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