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