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