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