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