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