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