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