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