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