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