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