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