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