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