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