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