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