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