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