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