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