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