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