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