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