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