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