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