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