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