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