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