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