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