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