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