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