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