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