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