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