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