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