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