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