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