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