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