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