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