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