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