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