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