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