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