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