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