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