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