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