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