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