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