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