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