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