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