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