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