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