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