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