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