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