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