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