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