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