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