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