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