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