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