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