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