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