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