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