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