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