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