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