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