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