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