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