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