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