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