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