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