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