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40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" "You have to trust me" or "there's no time to explain". In 9 out of 10 cases, there's definitely time to explain, and the explanation would take less time thay trying to convince the other party to blindly trust you.

TiBiDi Report

Final score:

280points

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Star of the world 3 years ago (edited)

like NO im not gonna go with you thats HIGHLY suspicious

56points

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Domestic violence against men = Comedy

IStanCatwoman Report

Final score:

280points

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Star of the world 3 years ago

this is just sad

60points

The sexy teacher trope.

I spent two years teaching high school as a young woman fresh out of college. I had many very uncomfortable interactions with male students, who thought it was funny.

TV makes it seem like it's okay for teenagers to be lusting after their teachers if they're young and reasonably attractive. It's a joke, it's funny. The TV dads hit on their kids teacher, make comments about their dress or their body. It transfers to the real world.

It is never, ever okay to sexually harass someone at their occupation. This include teachers, wait staff, flight stewards....anything.

SalemScout Report

Final score:

276points

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Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

Equally gross is the dreamy male teacher who is not depicted as a predator for dating his students.

128points

Girl: Does something athletic.

Guys: Confused and surprised.

Girl: I have four brothers/my parents wanted a boy.

Heroshade Report

Final score:

275points

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The 5-star rated 5-star rating system 3 years ago (edited)

Yes, and unfortunately I have met many people who seem to believe this stereotype.

78points

Overworked dad who rushes through the kitchen and only grabs a triangle of toast even though his wife prepared a goddamn IHOP-worthy breakfast complete with meat and pancakes and orange juice and coffee.

"i'm late."

zarina541 Report

Final score:

271points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

This also applies to the kid/s

124points

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Everyone with Autism is a super genius.

TheShredder315 Report

Final score:

271points

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El muerto 3 years ago

or the way around

65points

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" When the LGBTQ+ character comes out and suddenly being LGBTQ+ is their entire personality and story arch.

1BoiledCabbage Report

Final score:

268points

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El muerto 3 years ago

Question: do you have any hobbies generic gay person? Answer: being a generic gay person

139points

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" if any woman between the ages of 16 and 50 vomit, it means they're pregnant

ehsteve23 Report

Final score:

265points

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Sandra Libertad 3 years ago

Well, in real life, anytime I said that I feel nausea or vomit along my life, slmeone said "uh oh, maybe you are pregnant". Eventhough now that I'm 45 and menopausic from 3 years. This literally happenes this week

29points

New Prometheus 3 years ago

They say that because of the movies. I have never witnessed anybody suffering from nausea during pregnancy, still I as well do that connection...

8points

Xylle Flora 3 years ago

I used to get nauseous all the time when I wasn't even a teenager, imagine them telling me I was pregnant lol

4points

lemsip 3 years ago

Same if you are depressed then it must be because it's post natal depression. But rather have that assumed than it was because I was sexually abused as a child. Depression can be caused by verbal, emotional or physical abuse in childhood and also by sexual assault or harassment in adulthood.

4points

Adam C 3 years ago

50?

24points

Aria Whitaker 3 years ago (edited)

Yeah, 50. Janet Jackson just did it a couple of years ago. Natural conception AND birth by her. It is not common, but definately can happen...if a woman is still menstruating, pregnancy is possible.

21points

Becky Samuel 3 years ago

Aaaand the fact that this comment has upvotes is the evidence that we need better sex education.

11points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Yep. Before menopause, we can still get pregnant. it's not common, but it is possible.

5points

whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago

My mother hadn't started menopause yet at that age.

2points

hi myself 3 years ago

My mom got pregnant at 47.

1point

velocirrober 3 years ago

😂😂😂

1point

CharliAnn Olney 3 years ago

Yeah, surprise baby.

0points

Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

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Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

But if you cough or your nose bleeds you are probably dying.

6points

Lilsomms 3 years ago

Or how their water breaks before ZERO contractions and they're just like, "oh my the baby's coming teeheehee!" Bitch please.

5points

InfectedVoice 3 years ago

In the 40yr old virgin, a character throws up over Steve Carrell because she was drunk, in bridesmaids they had food poisoning, I can't think of any other examples.

5points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

And if they're not between 14 and 50, they hvae cancer. UGH

5points

Victoria Guitarte 3 years ago

Teeeeeheeee! The little doggo 😊

3points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

And also you cannot go into labour if your water don't break!! Well, it doesn't happen all the time and sure not so often as in the movies!

2points

RaroaRaroa 3 years ago

Yes, that's another one. The water always breaks into a big puddle on the floor. Don't know how often it's that messy in real life, especially before any sign of contractions.

1point

DC 3 years ago

... first thing I think when I see someone vomiting without knowing the reason, my guess is they've eaten something they shouldn't have ... unless they look or act intoxicated. Then, that.

2points

Verena Gitterle 3 years ago

The Sims prove it!

2points

Alemanriq Ig 3 years ago

Or drunk

2points

Emily 3 years ago

Well our stomachs and uterus' ARE connected to each other....lol

1point

Miranda Whitehead 3 years ago

No it doesn't mean someone pregnant that's dumb it means they have the flu

1point

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

They're pregnant? SHE'S pregnant! Last time I checked, only females get pregnant- except seahorses.

0points

Siah avis 3 years ago

This one got me. I just watched a show and sure enough the vomitting girl was pregnant -.-

0points

Barbara Vandewalle 3 years ago

food poisoning will do the same thing

0points

GC Rovario-Cole 3 years ago

This one also happens on tv alllll the time. It's so lazy.

0points

Jane W. 3 years ago

And, if pregnant, they ALWAYS go through with the pregnancy and keep the child. Apparently no other options on TV or there'd be no plot.

0points

Steve in Denver 3 years ago

To be fair… mostly in the morning.

0points

Mickie Shea 3 years ago

Sorry lad, those I've noticed have been drunk

0points

Johan Plane 3 years ago

I would say between 13 and 45, disregarding legality issues.

0points

Michael Capriola Jr. 3 years ago

This is a conspiracy generated by restaurant managers to avoid health inspections

0points

Alex Marquina 3 years ago

Wait, so Linda Blair in The Exorcist was pregnant the whole time?

0points

Paul Z. 3 years ago

...or that they are drunk!

0points

whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago

Also applies to real life.

0points

Sherryist 3 years ago

Wait a minute, if this were true...

0points

Hans 3 years ago

And pregancy tests aren't mere stripes that are boringly put into a small cup with some urine but rather you will see moves just the one depicted above.

0points

RaroaRaroa 3 years ago

The number of women in movies who sit there holding something they just peed on, then cover their mouths in shock with those same hands.

0points

Spinstapink 3 years ago

Also: coughing means the character will die before the movie ends. Also: old Hollywood trope is when a man trips and falls on his ass, it means he's in love with the main female character. Another one? smoking means they had sex, especially if it's raining.

-1point

Bread King 3 years ago

51?

-3points

#10

A fat girl wants to go out with the attractive man, let's make her either sexually aggressive or a laughingstock!

CrochetyNurse Report

Final score:

260points

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Iapetos 3 years ago

Or preferrably, both!

68points

#11

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" A male or female character love bombing/stalking their love interest into a date or relationship. Like their attention and affection will just wear down the other person until they capitulate.

That stuff isn’t cute or sweet, it is definitely not attractive, and does not make for good cinema.

I’d like to see a movie where the would-be love interest runs the heck away and gets the police involved.

Fine_Bonus_0 Report

Final score:

247points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

THIS. Stalking is not romantic. It's scary.

43points

#12

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Prosecutor introduces a "surprise" witness or evidence in a middle of a trial.

You would get disbarred for pulling something like that.

Hq3473 Report

Final score:

242points

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Hans 3 years ago

"We hid her in the cellar just for this moment!"

63points

#13

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Not exactly a trope, but nobody has a problem finding a parking spot in a movie.

tommytster Report

Final score:

237points

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Star of the world 3 years ago

even when they're in new york!

69points

#14

Hey let's take a popular movie and remake it with a black cast

I want to see black stories, not rehashed white ones.

Datapower Report

Final score:

232points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

Most remakes are pretty bad as well. Ghostbusters?

45points

#15

I hate this:

A self-destruct timer gets started by the bad guy with a 5 minute countdown. Half an hour of action later, the good guy shuts off the timer with 1 second left on it. F***ers should have died 25 minutes earlier.

MisterMan007 Report

Final score:

226points

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Star of the world 3 years ago

its the 1 second for me

91points

#16

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" If your plot can only be maintained by your characters not having a simple conversation to resolve things, you're a bad writer and I don't like you.

ShelbaBarbera Report

Final score:

219points

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idraax poission 3 years ago

Isn't the plot of every romcom based on the characters not having a simple.conversation?

92points

#17

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Everyone's home is spotless & well decorated.

BlinkyShiny Report

Final score:

206points

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CatWoman312 3 years ago

And everyone is rich even if they’re a waitress or a grocery store clerk

11points

FoxesStoleMyGloves Report

#18

CPR. I'm an EMT and I get it, you can't actually have someone do chest compressions coz you'll cause serious damage to the actors. But trust me, when your heart stops, one or two pushes and 'CMON MAN, BREATHE!' don't do it. Same with shocking a flatline and they jump up with a gasp. You actually can't shock a flatline, it literally will not work, and ain't no one jumping up fine after they were DEAD A MINUTE AGO. Even medical programs get this stupid trope sometimes.

Final score:

200points

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

THIS. In real life, CPR is effective, when done properly.... not that often. And shocking is used to convert a heart rhythm. No rhythm? You do your best, and then you have to ontify the family. I *hate* when this is done wrong.... People get so upset with doctors b/c they have the trope in their head.

63points

#19

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Character 1: *Explains something in technical language*

Character 2: "Uuuhh, in English?"

Painfully unfunny and overdone.

tequila_regret Report

Final score:

196points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Also, 9 times out of 10 the other guys is in tech too and they probably have encountered stuff like that numerous times

57points

#20

First kiss leads to hot steamy sex leds to the woman covering her chest with sheets and then running to the bathroom wrapped in said sheets. It's been what, 60? 70 years? even more?... that we get to see sex scenes in movies. If you can't imagine a creative and realistic way to not show a woman's breasts or private parts, don't shoot a sex scene.

ViaNocturna664 Report

Final score:

196points

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Susanne Müller 3 years ago

Or how about get over it and finally show women’s nipples too.

77points

#21

Damn I hate the funny fat best friend or the quirky black guy on the side or the smart Asian kid that has a cameo, like damn marginalised people can be the main characters in stories that aren't just about their trauma!

Cuteporquinha Report

Final score:

192points

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your local lesbian 3 years ago

heck. yes. so overused! there’s one in pretty much every movie so that they’re ‘inclusive’. it annoys the heck out of me

42points

#22

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Jumping/being thrown through a window and emerging without any cuts.

irishamerican Report

Final score:

188points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

And immediately stand up and run.

88points

#23

Teenagers being ripped beyond belief looking like they’re 26.

Hachey97 Report

Final score:

181points

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Lara Verne 3 years ago

Because actors are in their twenties.

80points

#24

Taking off your glasses and dressing smart is supposed to make you go from a 5 to a 10

oh gee you were hot all along!

graeuk Report

Final score:

180points

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Piet Puk 3 years ago

Only for women/girls.

77points

#25

When two characters walk into a house or apartment, having just went to a restaurant.

“Wow, that was a great dinner!” “Yeah, I am really stuffed!”

Did they not talk at all in the car???

Redmen1212 Report

Final score:

178points

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idraax poission 3 years ago

They were too busy chilling out to the music.

34points

SomeoneHad2FuknSayIt Report

#26

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Characters about to kiss for the first time -- get interrupted. Every damn time.

Final score:

177points

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Hans 3 years ago

Be sure to more gently before, with a little resistance occasionally. Gentler i say. And more slowly, there might someone come around the corner. MORE SLOWLY NOW! (In case there is no interruption, the gentle kiss will directly turn into wild grabbing and undressing while porcelain is wiped off tables etc.)

41points

#27

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Female characters only written to display how they’re a strong feminist female. It’s f***ing cringe. If you want an actual strong female character, then show that through her actions as a person without drawing back to meta s**t. Not everything has to be “wow and she is a FEMALE doing this.” It’s counterintuitive and only disvalues her character.

rimmyrick Report

Final score:

165points

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Random Panda 3 years ago

That's why I love characters like Sarah Conner and Ellen Ripley. They were s**t-scared normal people that overcame their fear and kicked ass. When women say we want "strong female characters" we mean we want well-written ones, not a thousand versions of female Rambo.

37points

#28

Getting shot in the shoulder is practically a lucky break. You can continue fighting!

Scrappy_Larue Report

Final score:

161points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

This and subduing someone by shooting them in the legs are very annoying. Thoe absolutely can kill someone too, very easily.

43points

#29

Having sex and then hopping out of bed and just throwing your clothes on and running to work...

Sex is messy. Clean that sh*t up first.

PolyDrew Report

Final score:

158points

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K. 3 years ago

Please relieve yourself after, especially females/women. Get extra sheets and water resistant ones, have fun 😉

36points

#30

I hate it how people who were shown to be of relatively limited means are somehow always able to buy last minute plane tickets across the globe when it furthers the plot.

unhalfbricking Report

Final score:

153points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

They also have unlimited wardrobe, like wth doesn't anyone wear the same outfit twice??

78points

#31

Hollywood hacking.

IRL, hacking isn't "pounding on four keyboards at once while random green bytes flash by on the screen." It's generally more along the lines of "intermittently types for a couple hours, then takes a break and comes back in a day or two to see what the other target's cybersecurity has done in response"

The-Daleks Report

Final score:

151points

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El muerto 3 years ago

type faster that the other guy...and chew on a pen you are not even using

58points

#32

Looking away from the road to have a full conversation while driving. It's almost satisfying when there is a crash.

Byizo Report

Final score:

151points

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Kno 3 years ago

It gives me great anxiety to the point where I refuse to look at the scene until it ends. I've been in a nasty crash so that might explain it tho

48points

CatLady-CatsPending- Report

#33

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Romance for the sake of romance. Man? Woman? LOVE! Nooooo. For f***s sake. Now is not the bleeding time.

As an aside lots of these romances are just downright s**t because there is absolutley NO time put into the relationship, it's not like movies DON'T put time into relationships, friendship/buddy stories are VERY fleshed out. But because it's a straight romance, and it's just expected that they fall in love, no bloody effort goes into it. Leading to hundreds upon hundreds of boring, non fleshed out romance plots that are not organic in the slightest and come out of absolutley nowhere.

Frankly it's a trope used to hide lazy writing imho.

Final score:

150points

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El muerto 3 years ago

the myth of love at first sight...they are perfect for each other, just because.

53points

#34

Post-apocalyptic settings in which everyone looks clean-shaven and showered. Ancient warfare depicted as chaos instead of ancient military formations and tactics.

jmj5205 Report

Final score:

146points

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El muerto 3 years ago

they take 5 minutes...when a real battle would take hours

28points

#35

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" •"We're not so different, you and I" or any variation of that

•Person is fighting another person, falls to the ground, reaches with their hand and magically there's something there that ends the fight

•Two people get in a fight -- the guy who is obviously winning just throws the other person from place to place (nobody fights like that) in between basically taking breaks to state long-winded monologues

•WHhhhaattt??/!!! She's a LeSbIaN! And oh wow she can toss around guys who are 100 pounds heavier than her and she don't take no shit?! Never saw THAT coming. I bet she can drink shots like all the boys and never get drunk and has promiscuous sex after grab-assing at the bar. Because that's what guys are like, right? But she's a GIRL so it's like really progressive!

•Main character randomly saved by some other character we haven't seen for the last 20 minutes who just sneaks up from behind and shoots / hits the villain over the head. And literaly NOBODY heard them coming. Even if it's wide open in a field -- this magical person just pops up out of nowhere and saves the day.

•Guns that have no recoil.

Those are some of the ones that make me roll my eyes the hardest.

ADHDbetz Report

Final score:

141points

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Hans 3 years ago

Nice compilation...

26points

#36

•Everyone having perfect social skills, unless it's a huge part of their personality.

•The main protagonist having an easy time finding a partner. Just once I'd like to see a protagonist who is single by choice, or even someone who struggles finding a date

•Mental illnesses/trauma in general are really misrepresented in movies.

RHCube Report

Final score:

139points

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Jenny Rosbach 3 years ago

This should be higher!

16points

#37

Something is falling towards them. DON'T F***ING RUN THE SAME WAY IT'S FALLING ! JUST RUN TO THE LEFT FOR 5 SECONDS TO DODGE IT INSTEAD OF RUNNING 2 MINUTES FORWARD !

I love prometheus, the alien movie

Vixnell Report

Final score:

134points

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LesAnimaux 3 years ago

I have never seen something fall TOWARDS somebody before. But I do agree in the case of car pursuits

12points

EpicBlinkstrike187 Report

#38

Teen comes down to a full breakfast, blinds open, sun is out and bright. Everybody’s at the table, mom, dad, siblings.

Then they’re like “Nah i’ll just grab this apple”

Everything about those scenes are completely wrong. Who has time to make a sunday breakfast on a random school day before they go to work? And damn I went to school in the dark. I go to work in the dark. The sun just doesn’t come out that early.

Final score:

133points

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Elena Ktmr 3 years ago

People wake up and sun is out, they go jogging, they shower, have a full breakfast, and then they leisurerly go to work or at school and it is still morning. Do they wake up at 4 am to a full sunlight?

26points

#39

When a date is made, and they just conclude by "Ok, see you tonight at 8!". Like, where are we meeting? What are we going to do? Do I have to have dinner before? Will it include drinking, so do I leave my car at home? What do I wear?

AnusStapler Report

Final score:

130points

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Draco Malfoy 3 years ago

there is an snl skit on this it's pretty funny haha

26points

#40

I've always hated ridiculously over the top action scenes and fights. Like you're really gonna take a baseball bat to the face and jump right back up and whip someone's a**. No, you're gonna lay there and bleed and hope you can find a good plastic surgeon.

Raving_Lunatic69 Report

Final score:

124points

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LesAnimaux 3 years ago

People really are punching bags in movies. I'd be down after a single slap. No ma'am, that hurts.

47points

#41

The guy and girl hate each other at first sight but end up falling in love later on.

mutantenzyme Report

Final score:

123points

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Carrot dude 3 years ago

I like this trope if it's done correctly

63points

#42

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" The "evil guy sacrifices himself in the end so he is good right!" Trope. Like wtf, because he died doesn't erase the soon time of abuse/murder/terror/terrible acts that they already committed. They don't get done lovely pass for being a "good guy in the end". Duck no and it's absolutely not healthy way to portray people in real life either, that because someone dies for a good reason that they didn't do terrible bad sh*t and that they weren't terrible people

D-Money100 Report

Final score:

119points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

I like messing with this - people think that those in my stories who did bad are going to "redemption by death". Nope! They're going to live with it and have to face the consequences of their actions ad those they wronged.

43points

#43

Female action heroes who have long hair and high heels.

Women who "aren't like other women."

smathna Report

Final score:

113points

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kjorn 3 years ago

and just get out of beauty parlors. even in the morning

28points

#44

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" Nobody ever just has a cough.

My all time hated version of this trope is when it is followed by a shot of a tiny drop of blood on a handkerchief that the person quickly shoves into a pocket. lazy film shorthand for yeaah, don't get too attached.

dramallamamil Report

Final score:

111points

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Hans 3 years ago

Reminds me of some side kicks being introduced just before some dangerous misson starts and you directly know: "all main actors are coming back, but this side cast will not".

37points

#45

This is too specific, but it bugs me:

-Latina, and attractive? she has a child and she is a single mother.

-Latina, and has a strong personality? she is a lesbian.

GodEmperorOfHell Report

Final score:

111points

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Star of the world 3 years ago

its always the latinas

26points

#46

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" "Legend says, a chosen one will defeat Big Bad Guy and lead our people to freedom."

THANKS FOR SPOILING IT, YOU OLD BAT

gh0st_47 Report

Final score:

110points

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Hans 3 years ago

"legend", "the prophecy" etc. Where would it come from? It is better without the myth unless the myth is worked out like Tolkien did it.

42points

#47

The space scientist takes their helmet off, right before trying to pet the new organism they've found.

_Panacea_ Report

Final score:

110points

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kjorn 3 years ago

and never forget, female scientist are all top model. Guy are all weirdos

82points

#48

Not a movie trope per se, but why is the dad in nearly every sitcom a dumb f***ing dimwit?

Sauce_McDog Report

Final score:

109points

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El muerto 3 years ago

dads can only be "cute dumb", "wise" or "neglectful"...there are no in-betweens in movies

49points

#49

A pregnant woman always has to go into labor at the most cosmically inconvenient time possible.

heartbreakhill Report

Final score:

106points

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Laura Würker 3 years ago

And the baby comes out after 1/2 hour pushing.

66points

#50

Guys getting kicked in the balls.

It is apparently the funniest form of sexual assault.

flyover_liberal Report

Final score:

106points

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your local lesbian 3 years ago

and everyone laughs at them for being in pain! cruel and heartless.

30points

#51

Everything about being "knocked out".

In real life, if your head is hit hard enough to render you unconscious, it's called a "concussion". It's not something you can just wake up from.

Zorkeldschorken Report

Final score:

103points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

And certainly not several hours later in another country. No, that makes people dead.

26points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#52

The perfectly diverse friend group. Every age, sex, ethnicity and orientation is represented in their group of six.

Scrappy_Larue Report

Final score:

102points

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Star of the world 3 years ago

its either that or that one stereotypical black guy

47points

#53

"It was all just a dream". Thanks, now the entire movie was pointless. It's sometimes followed with "...or was it a dream?" which somehow makes it even more annoying ending.

drownednation Report

Final score:

98points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

I hate "The End....or is it?" endings to horror movies.

43points

NotAnderRivverwind1 Report

#54

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" When a character saves the day by sacrificing themselves and then reappears safe a few second later.

That's why I love reading A Game of Thrones, if someone does something or gets in a situation where they should die... they die. Keeps the tension and you actually worry about the characters. Rest in peace Robb Stark.

Final score:

97points

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Manuel Delgado 3 years ago

Sure You mean A Song of Ice and Fire...

10points

#55

Bad guys who have kidnapped their target whom they want dead, and have the opportunity to kill them. So do they do that? No, instead they give a big long monologue detailing their evil genius plans which gives the victim enough time to be rescued or to escape.

My favourite movie villains are usually the ones who actually make genuine attempts to kill without too much wasting time or messing around unnecessarily.

SultanSoSupreme Report

Final score:

96points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Absolutely. Save the gloating until after the hero is dead.

28points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#56

Bad guys horrible aim.....except shoulder shots.

ImInArea52 Report

Final score:

96points

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Scagsy 3 years ago

Case in point: Star Wars Stormtroopers

35points

#57

I hate when "Badass" Character walks into a scientist's laboratory demanding they work faster and then breaks a test tube or something as a threat.

It's like "hey A-hole, if you'd stay the f**k out of my lab, we'd be done by now." That equipment is expensive. He just set them back weeks, if not months.

Gosenco Report

Final score:

95points

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your local lesbian 3 years ago

YES! THIS!

28points

#58

After the MC is done murdering a hundred people he won't kill the main guy because he would just be like him if he does that/the bad guy would win somehow/he isn't a murderer

GreatDayBG Report

Final score:

91points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Never gotten why killing the henchmen is not counted. Billy the Hench-guy might have had a wife and kids. The baddie might have even known them personally - I mean they aren't going to go get someone from the Henchman Hires place to guard their keys, they would give it to someone they know and trust.

37points

driving_and_flying Report

#59

A character, having never shot a bow or used a sword, suddenly picks is up and is able to defend themselves. NO. Speaking from experience, it takes years of practice to get proficient at using a bow or a sword.

Final score:

89points

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Sarah Simons 3 years ago

You can use a bow/sword?!

18points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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#60

Making it look like someone is gonna die unless the bullet is removed asap. And then they are all better when it is out. This is ridiculous and false. Most of the time we don't even care about the bullet itself.

Necromonicus Report

Final score:

87points

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LivingTheDream 3 years ago

And don't forget how healing it is to pull out the knife/spear/sword... instead of leaving it in until you are prepared to stop the blood flow.

42points

introvertnumber46731 Report

#61

Love triangles, 95% of them are all the same and usually go like this.

“Hello my name is generic rom com protagonist, I am an average person just like you and I have a problem, I’m in love with 2 boys/girls.”

“Hello I am generic love interest number 1, I am likely the childhood friend who wishes the best for my best friend, I have been yearning for their love and have been patient for their affection, alternatively I may be the rich person as well who promises a life of luxury and stability who will do anything for my one true love.”

“Hey, The name’s generic love interest number 2, unlike the bore that is generic love interest 1, I have a more wild and Exotic personality, I may be the bad boy, the manic pixie dream girl or whatever my role is, I may be poor but I will give generic rom com protagonist excitement as routine is so lame and I will probably win anyways and if I don’t, I’m sure the fanbase will make fanfictions where I am the winner anyways.”

“Oh no whatever shall I do, I’m only at the mercy of the writers who has to pad this conflict out for 90 minutes and I am sure that there will be no needless dramas or misunderstandings.”

TL:DR love triangles are always the same plot line over and over again

Final score:

86points

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Laura Würker 3 years ago

And that is not even a "triangle". Only if there is something going on between the two love interests from the protagonist. Than it's a proper love "triangle"

32points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#62

No movies having any concept of how guns actually work. Eg. Unlimited ammo, bullets not penetrating things the would go straight through like car doors, No recoil silencers making the gun too quiet etc.

Sharp-Accident-2061 Report

Final score:

83points

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Busy_D 3 years ago

John wick actually does a good job at these kind of things.

28points

#63

All men are perverts/evil.

Seeing it a lot more lately because lazy/bad writers can't write strong women as strong women so they default to making all dudes awful instead.

PM_Zettai_Ryoiki Report

Final score:

78points

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K. 3 years ago

Yeah!! You can be a perverted decent person, and be a women. You can be perverted and still respect people’s boundaries.

22points

#64

When going through a database of criminals, the screen flips through mug shot by mug shot. No software works that way.

OttieandEddie Report

Final score:

76points

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Bananic 3 years ago

Ahhhh good old csi

17points

#65

Fight scene where the giant and more powerful bad character picks up the hero and throws them a few times, normally over a table or through whatever. It's a tool to show the audience how much stronger they are and thereby raise tension/ humour even, but it's SO unrealistic it just irritates me.

If you were physically capable of literally tossing someone across a room so they go fully airbourne, surely the most efficient way of winning the fight would be to just grip their windpipe and destroy it or just straightforward pulverise their face and head into oblivion with forearms and knees in 3 seconds. But no. Pick them up and throw them a few times, because LoOk, StRoNk!

tequila_regret Report

Final score:

75points

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Vanta Black 3 years ago

Puny god...

22points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#66

All bartenders are capable of remembering every customer they have had in last six months in full detail if you give them enough 100 dollar bills.

penny_can Report

Final score:

72points

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Honey 3 years ago

Some bartenders are experienced and have these skills. It's believable to me based on experience.

12points

#67

•People never, NEVER saying goodbye on phones.

•The weird clapping thing (I know it is to not make sound to have raw sound from the actors, but come on..)

•Drivers not paying attention to the road when talking to their passengers

FuzzButtQuestion Report

Final score:

69points

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El muerto 3 years ago

you don't use raw sound...everything is dubbed, actors reread the lines in a studio, over the film...so is most sound, like doors and steps. everything is in later to get that perfect sound

10points

#68

If a person ever tells you, "Trust no one," just go ahead and shoot that person.

Fart_on_Butts Report

Final score:

68points

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Sarah Simons 3 years ago

Don't even trust them

15points

#69

This is a minor one, but in movies if anyone went to the store for groceries, they came back with one paper grocery bag, which ALWAYS has a baguette sticking out the top. On some occasions they may be carrying two at the same time but this usually results in them either comically unable to use their hands, or they end up dropping them everywhere.

No one ever has plastic grocery bags that they bring in multiple trips or, as is more realistic, grab all of them at once for one trip.

Kazman2007 Report

Final score:

67points

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Jenny Rosbach 3 years ago

Or the pop of green parsley or flowers out the top of the brown bag.

36points

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#70

people just park anywhere.

running into city hall or the courthouse or the police station or an airport or whatever the f**k? no worries...just park here literally right in front of the front door.

not only is that illegal, it's not even physically possible in most cities/towns.

they never show our heroes schlepping it from a parking garage 2 blocks away.

cubs_070816 Report

Final score:

64points

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N G 3 years ago (edited)

Conservation of narrative momentum. Do you really want to watch a movie in real time where a guy queues for 4 hours at the DMV? No, the movie magically make it so there's no one else in the building so he gets service immediately. Same thing with finding a parking spot - would it be more realistic to show our main character stumbling for change at a parking meter if it doesn't advance the plot? Yes. Would it be entertaining? No, and if you were to include all the little details, the movie would be about 9 hours long.

23points

#71

When main characters kiss first when they are literally near death or out of time to save themselves. They have 12 seconds left to live but they talk their feelings first and kiss or do something dramatic like isn’t that already more than 12 seconds? How are you still alive? Lol I hate watching these scenes they take too much time in the middle of a near death scene.

Another is a female character who is mean or bitchy for literally no reason at all, they are just mean. You know those female teenagers who hates school and practically everyone and everything. And at the end of the movie or series they get kind to the main character and everyone she was mean to. I know it’s character development but characters like this are overused. Applies for mean boys too (although I mostly know mean female characters).

aztine Report

Final score:

63points

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The 5-star rated 5-star rating system 3 years ago (edited)

I don't know why those kiss-in-a-life- threatening-situation scenes still exist. The characters sometimes just become dumb because there "needs" to be a random romantic, dramatic moment...

6points

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#72

See-through monitors in futuristic movies. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I want to see what's displayed on the monitor, not what's behind it, and I think future humans will feel the same. That sort of defeats the purpose.

Yet every single damned one of them does this.

Mr_Lumbergh Report

Final score:

63points

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Honu 3 years ago

I'm pretty sure future me wouldn't want everyone around me knowing I was looking at cat videos instead of working.

22points

#73

The sassy black girlfriend. I may be snarky at times, but I don't adhere to what they think it means or look like on a black woman. She often is so cliched/stereotyped that she doesn't have any character development of her own. Also, it's a sad ploy to make the vanilla protagonist look cooler than she is.

WackyWriter1976 Report

Final score:

62points

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Busy_D 3 years ago

Sonic movie. -_-

4points

#74

When two people wake up and don't remember that they got married the night before because it's Vegas and they were drunk. It doesn't work like that, dammit!

WeirdGreen7 Report

Final score:

62points

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marianne eliza 3 years ago

Or 2 people wake up together and don't know if they had sex. IRL it's usually pretty obvious, at least from the receivers point of view.

26points

#75

The guy that bullies the gay kid ends up being gay. Even worse when they end up with the kid they bullied.

Opening-Ad-2981 Report

Final score:

61points

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Sushi Monster 3 years ago

You can downvote if you like but things like this actually happen in real life, due to internalized homophobia.

29points

#76

Short guys ALWAYS being dorky pathetic losers who get bullied or otherwise picked on.

No one can be short in a movie without an issue being made of their height. They can’t just exist as a short person.

*I guess how controversial this comment is speaks to why this is such a popular trope. It's apparently very important to some people that short guys are portrayed this way. What does that say about them?

vozmozhnost Report

Final score:

61points

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howdylee 3 years ago

Well at least in the comics Wolverine is short, even if they ignored that for the movies (but we'll forgive Hugh Jackman)

11points

#77

Dorky female lead gets a makeover and saves the day. Eye roll.

Throw19anyway Report

Final score:

60points

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LesAnimaux 3 years ago

I have a soft spot for Never Been Kissed though

8points

originalchaosinabox Report

#78

Just as the villain is about to deliver the death blow, they take a moment to threaten the hero’s SO. This gives the hero the resolve to keep going and defeat the villain. Dude, don’t gloat. Just keep your mouth shut and pull the trigger.

Final score:

59points

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Sophia Coe 3 years ago

Or, when they decide they are going to make the hero watch them kill their love interest, even though they literally are not the one they spent months trying to kill, and then, BAM, hero saves them and they both get away to some cheesy scene where they confess their love in the middle of a friggin battle

17points

#79

This one often appears in anime. Where the (main) character stumbles and falls head/hands first between the chest of a girl/woman

Panda_PLS Report

Final score:

58points

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CrazedFalcon17 3 years ago

Ah yes we can't forget about that

14points

#80

How do we know the main male character is a tortured genius? Because he writes on the windows/walls and stares at his work pensively, and is a jerk to everyone around him while he processes this (or any) information. Genius does not necessarily equal jerkitude.

AikenRhetWrites Report

Final score:

56points

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El muerto 3 years ago

or they are total nerds with weird behaviour and no social skills

18points

#81

When a character suddenly becomes incredibly well-spoken so they can deliver a powerful speech.

The dumb dumb whose email password was “boobies” earlier in the movie will say some s**t like “You know, maybe I’ve just been projecting my own subconscious insecurity about my career advancement onto you, Lance. It’s not fair to you, and in the future I’ll endeavor to rectify my past grievances.”

Delica Report

Final score:

54points

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K. 3 years ago

Sounds about right. Give people a chance and they will rise to the occasion. I’ve seen and heard a lot of good coming from humanity too. In the state I’m from, we’ve had a lot of people step up... Not everybody feels the need to be well-spoken and intelligent all the time. When you dismiss someone for being silly as an idiot, you make a fool of yourself.

14points

Previous-Kangaroo-55 Report

#82

Car chase/shoot outs.

Car takes thousands of rounds and works fine, and the driver doesn’t have a scratch.

Final score:

53points

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Becky Samuel 3 years ago

And the damage on the car changes from shot to shot.

10points

#83

Closing of dead characters eyes by waving a hand passed them, grinds my gears

paddybee816 Report

Final score:

53points

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Jo Johannsen 3 years ago

Do people's eyes really stay open when they die? Seriously , wouldn't that mean you'd need to tape your eyelids to go to sleep?

4points

#84

A kid saving the day in an adult situation...perfect examples: the last Predator movie..the kid figured out alien technology in 10 minutes.....the first jurrassic park movie..the girl solves the computer system in a minute.

I realize why directors do this is because it makes kids watching feel like they can relate to the kids on screen...or they need a kid hero for the kids watching.....whatever it is, its dumb and removes me from the movie.

ImInArea52 Report

Final score:

52points

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J. F. 3 years ago

Star Wars Episode 1 - god I hate Anakin (the character, not the actor)

11points

#85

When someone coughs blood they’re a goner.

Newyorkinthdesert Report

Final score:

48points

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Kuroka 3 years ago

no I just bit my tongue really bad. Sure feels like I'm dying tho.

11points

#86

When a character has no simplistic ability to help themselves out of a situation and need to be rescued. All of a sudden they become these useless twats. This is seen with the type of characters using university level language and they have full out stem educational backgrounds but all of a sudden forgotten all about their masters degrees, and all the tools they have at their disposal... Because the lights went out.....

L00KN4mySiPpYcUp Report

Final score:

47points

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K. 3 years ago

Yuppp! I wouldn’t say twat though.

2points

#87

Anything having to do with any aspect of medicine. The worst though is that arm slings cure everything

DefrockedWizard1 Report

Final score:

46points

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your local lesbian 3 years ago

yes! broke your arm in seven places? just put it in a sling, it’ll be fine! and a broken rib, it’s bandaged and fine now! you don’t bandage broken ribs, they have to heal on their own, there’s virtually no medical measures that can be done with a broken rib. (now three or more ribs, that’s a different story that usually requires hospitalization)

17points

#88

40 Accurate Insights To "What's A Movie Trope You Absolutely Hate?" There are no police unless they serve the narrative.

People get into fistfights, they shoot at one another, they start fires, they break windows, but the cops never come... unless they serve the narrative.

Also, — technically this isn’t a trope but the absence of something, — where are the toilets on the Enterprise? Babylon 5 has toilets. Battlestar Galactica has toilets. Why doesn’t the Enterprise? Yes, the recreation at the Hilton (or wherever) has one, but it never appears in the TV show or movies. I feel this should be part of a sci-fi Bechdel Test.

CanalAnswer Report

Final score:

44points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

The Enterprise has toilets, certainly Enterprise D and E - they are mentioned multiple times in dialogue. The Original Series was released at a time where showing or mentioning a toilet was a big no-no in television. Voyager mentioned the toilets too. There are technical drawing type layouts drawn of all the main Star Trek vessels that mark the toilets too.

37points

#89

"As you know"

"As you know, I conducted a raid on the Great Library which many people said didn't even exist."

I hate it when movie characters say this because it is the worst way of explaining exposition to the audience.

Redditor_2017 Report

Final score:

44points

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Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago

Ranks right up there with "remember" or "don't forget." As in, "Sis, don't forget to come by on Christmas morning for Mom's fresh cinnamon rolls. Remember, it's our family tradition that we've done all our lives."

22points

#90

the idiot plot. basically the main problem in a movie stems from the fact that the protagonists are really completely f***ing stupid and fail to do things any regular person would do.

As in, "oh hey, I wonder if it's raining", well then, the only way we can find out is if we get naked, go outside and if you feel water falling on your body, then it's raining

madkeepz Report

Final score:

44points

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LesAnimaux 3 years ago

And it's never a drizzle. Always a freaking shower.

19points

#91

Character either gets mad or they’re “looking out for themselves” and leaves the group only to come back and help in the final battle anyway. It worked with Han Solo and its been predictable ever since.

SaltySteveD87 Report

Final score:

44points

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Susan Widomski 3 years ago

This is a movie ploy going waaaaay back. Builds a little momentum to make it more dangerous for the antagonist.

9points

#92

Dumb kids in movies, like they have to put everyone at risk to get there stuffed teddy bear or get lost at some point in a disaster movie

Mr_sci3ntist Report

Final score:

43points

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Becky Samuel 3 years ago

Ugh. Nah, kids are just dumb animals with no sense of self-preservation. Walk out in front of a car - yeah, sure. Run full speed off a cliff - no problem. Climb some huge rock - seems like fun.

31points

#93

Fake jump scares. Building all that tension and suspense, then an incredibly loud music sting for a cat jumping in front of someone.

Mr_Wolf___ Report

Final score:

43points

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Susan Trevaskis-Owen 3 years ago

Followed by the startled person turning around and whooops THERE'S THE KILLER RIGHT BEHIND THEM.

24points

#94

Grenades with the power of 4 blocks of C-4.

ironmcheaddesk Report

Final score:

39points

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El muerto 3 years ago

huge fireballs

10points

#95

Not limited to movies but the master manipulator whose overly elaborate plan requires them to be not so much intelligent insomuch as be basically clairvoyant so that nearly everything falls into place exactly as they need for the plan to work.

Random chance and bad luck are non-factors, because if they were the plan might end up falling apart in stage one.

-Haeralis- Report

Final score:

39points

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El muerto 3 years ago

but only person can stop them....because they're cool

12points

#96

People hanging their phone mid conversation People leaving their house/car doors open People knocking other people out with a casual punch, like “yeah go to sleep”

clippervictor Report

Final score:

39points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago

A well place jaw punch will knock a person out because of the shock to the vegus nerve.

8points

#97

Someone running, in a panic going "nononononononono!!!!" It seems like it's been a thing since the first Transformers movie where Shia LeBeuf did it all the time. I hate it so much! Also when something purposely hits the camera lens. It was a thing done effectively in Children of Men, as the scene was immersive (the refugee camp scene) but it happens a lot now, and it immediately takes me out of a movie or TV show.

JohnnyPoopwater Report

Final score:

31points

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magnadar 3 years ago

My brother hit the camera lens once while running towards it, when we were young and making our own movie. My eye hurt for hours, but it looked very funny in the movie :D

8points

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troufaki13 3 years ago

For me it's that all female characters (unless it serves a narrative) have super model bodies. They can be 50yo, mom of 3 and still be smoking hot. Are there such women in real life? Sure. Is it the norm? I don't think so. I really like to see women I can relate to. Women that are not beautiful but ok-ish, that don't have flat tummies, that their hair isn't always impeccable, and they are the main character not just a sidekick.

29points

Julie Daly 3 years ago

And this is woman, so and so, a leading expert in her field. Ahh no, she's 22 she's only out of university.

15points

22Rincut 3 years ago

For me is that most female superhero/action lead has a long, wavy, impeccable hairstyle that always lands perfectly on their shoulders after the fight that involves martial arts, or flying w/o getting sucked, tangled, grabbed etc

13points

Seabeast 3 years ago

I used to be amused by the long hair on Baywatch. If you swim with long unbound hair, it flops in front of your face the minute you lift your head to breath, but they'd be swimming with it streaming perfectly behind them.

2points

Paul K. Johnson 3 years ago

The one I hate the most is the "Approval Person". That is the person the main character spends the entire movie attempting to prove something to. At the end the Approval Person nods approvingly. Screw that. I've been working my ass off to get to where I am and if it's not good enough for you that's your problem. I'm not doing jack to gain your approval you egotistical jack-ass.

11points

Mallowmelt Tardis 3 years ago

For me, it's that all girls who aren't skinny as a stick MUST be loud, hilarious, obnoxious, kinda dumb, etc.

10points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My most hated trope: Injuries never maim or kill, and amnesia resolves perfectly.

8points

Vilma 3 years ago

For me it’s that in action movies a woman can easily kick every man’s ass, but when she faces another woman, it suddenly becomes very though fight. The same is with the good guy vs main bad character. He can beat everybody up, but with the final boss it’s always a huge fight. Even though the bad guy is half the size..

8points

fogharty 3 years ago

What I find annoying is the kind of scene, where there’s some kind of emergency and one character drives like hell to get somewhere, defying all traffic laws and endangering all other motorists, then squeals to a stop at the FAR END of the road or driveway and gets out and runs to the house/person usually screaming their name. Drive all the way, man. Why stop and sprint the last 100 yards? Also done with tender reunion scenes like the end of “The Color Purple”. You see a car coming along the road, the road that goes right next to the house, but it stops a few fields away and the people get out, forcing these two elderly women to run to each other. Couldn’t they just have driven all the way to the house?

6points

marianne eliza 3 years ago

Once the female lead has gotten into danger, usually by kidnapping, she no longer has a name. She's just "the girl". As in "where's the girl?" "I want the girl" "The girl stays/goes free".

6points

Aprl Fair 3 years ago

Man tells woman to "stay here". Woman immediately doesn't stay there and ends up in trouble. Also, glasses mean smart. I've known a lot of stupid people who wear glasses, and a lot of intelligent people who don't.

6points

Kate Yeti 3 years ago

Being bisexual always means you're incapable of monogamy. I hate this one. I've been happily married for 15 years, thank you very much. Even before that, whether I was dating a man or a woman, I never cheated.

6points

Bow, I’m a Slytherin 3 years ago

The mom/mum in the movie makes a huge breakfast, checked tablecloth, jug of juice, crosaints, but her children just grab a bagel, because they’re ALWAYS late for school.

6points

Bird Mom 3 years ago

I've always wanted to write a movie that destroys all these tropes.

4points

Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

The series I'm working on actually parodies/makes fun of a lot of overused tropes in various kinds of stories!

0points

James 3 years ago

Do it. It’s so satisfying when you see one that does something original.

0points

Aroace tiger 3 years ago

I'm going to write a story (that nobody else will see)that gets rid of the gay stereo type and probably othe ones too

0points

Chicken Nugget 3 years ago

When two characters have half a conversation and are automatically in love. Not just like each other, but in love. And it's usually the girl who falls in love with the guy, and the guy's like, 'Oh, this hot woman likes me? Guess I'd better like her back!'

3points

David Cumberland 3 years ago

Most annoying to me is the cop or federal agent gets out of their car when they see the person they’re looking for and call the persons name from across the street or whatever distance. The person then runs making the cop start chasing the bad guy. It never fails.

2points

Trina Risos 3 years ago

Someone just waking up AND THEN proceeds to brushing their teeth BEFORE going down for breakfast. Like WTF you brush your teeth AFTER meals. Jeez.

2points

Rainy Day Wolf 3 years ago

I actually do this...

2points

backatya 3 years ago

If someone knows a way to have these movie tropes sent to hollywood directors/writers please do.

1point

JP Doyle 3 years ago

Another one is that any automobile takes minor damage, flips over, catches fire, then explodes dramatically (usually after the hero has gotten to a safe distance.)

1point

C. Mayo 3 years ago (edited)

1) Shooting a padlock at close range causes it to spring open. 2) Knocking the handle off a door unlocks and opens the door. 3) Gunfire in close proximity to bystanders, as if bullets only go where you want them to and no further. 4) Classic cars in movies set in the past are always spotlessly washed and waxed 5) Full credits that roll BEFORE the film.

1point

Quinn Alexander 3 years ago

Some of these fall sincerely into "Tropes are Tools" territory

1point

Thenatural 3 years ago

The pretty waif who absolutely batters 16 stone bouncer types even taking full right hooks to the jaw that merely smears their lipstick...just f**k off with that bullshit!!

1point

Nerdy 3 years ago

My dad asked me why the Avenger campus was not under ground. This was after telling him they always get destroyed.

1point

Ann Mohrmann 2 years ago

All women everywhere always wear perfectly matching lingerie all the time. /s

0points

Jutta Plötz 2 years ago

About the shopping bags,those are special probs to cancel out noises. It is basically felt shaped like paper. It is harder and costs more to make a quiet plastic bag so fake paper is the go to.

0points

Billie Sue Patrick 2 years ago

When a woman pregnant with her first child suddenly grabs her belly and says "The baby is coming!" in a panic stricken voice. She is rushed to the hospital like it's a life threatening emergency. Labor comes on gradually and lasts for HOURS, not minutes. If you go to the hospital at the first pang, they will send you home.

0points

Ann Abdelzaher 3 years ago

One that gets me every time is strangling someone for 10-20 seconds kills them... nope knocks them unconscious and unless you have crushed their windpipe they will wake up in a few minutes.

0points

Izzy 3 years ago (edited)

1. Blood coming out of the mouth means a person is about to die, not that they might have just bit the inside of their mouth or something. No mouth blood after a serious-looking injury means they're okay. In reality, unless blood from an internal injury has direct access to the mouth, you're not going to see it, and even if you do, there's still a possibility you might pull through. 2. Poor trigger discipline. Someone needs to tell the actor to keep their finger off the trigger when handling a gun if they want to make it look like they actually know how to use it. You're only supposed to put your finger on the trigger when you're ready to shoot. Otherwise, you keep your finger out of the little hole and let it rest along the side.

0points

Mia Cat 3 years ago

They are always cutting vegetables when cooking a meal. To signal an empty soda drink, the straw makes that horrible slurping sound. Eating ice cream or cookie dough after a breakup.

0points

Jaybird3939 3 years ago

I hate how easily the 1,000's of bad guys are so easily knocked out/killed. Orcs and Storm Troopers get knocks over the head and they are instantly out/dead. They didn't manufacture them very well. Maybe that's why there are so many of them.

0points

Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago

Any movie that attempts to know something about computer hardware or software or networks or wifi. ASK AN EXPERT and then follow their suggestions. I refuse to watch Independence Day. After i heard about the Apple created virus downing the alien mother ship - that was it. You have to be effing kidding me. Do the alien ship computers run on base 2? Do they understand ASCII or is it EBCDIC or some other protocol? Are the machine commands even the same? Is there a "save to memory" command for example and what is it? And so on. Drives me insane. All the cell phone towers are down? Then how the hell are you using your cell phone for anything? I could go on.

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Laura Deckers 3 years ago

The tall fat bald guy with cut off sleeves.

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BUMMERS 3 years ago

Redheads always being the bullies.

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BUMMERS 3 years ago

Cigarette smoking for no artistic reasoning. Netflix is HORRIBLE for this. It's a hundred years from now & the main character chain smokes???

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Dhukath 3 years ago

The good guys always win! I know it's probably so the audience leaves feeling happy! I just wish sometimes they would shake things up!

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Anon Anon 3 years ago

Here are a couple of Hollywood cliches I hate: A young woman wakes up, her hair is perfectly neat and clean, and the bedding isn't in disarray whatsoever; a young man or teenager wakes up, his hair and bedding are in disarray, and always (unless it's a mature romcom), he has no boner at all whenever he gets up.

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Hollysmom 3 years ago

Mostly on tv "sit coms". The husband and wife are incredibly rude and disrespectful to their spouse and it's suppose to be funny.

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Danie 3 years ago

When it's always night time in horror movies by the time the main actors will have to fight the devil, as in a haunted house etc.. lol

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Paula McCullah 3 years ago

1. Labor. Suddenly, at the most inopportune time, woman goes in to full labor out of the blue. That's not how labor works. It's a slow progression over hours and hours even if her water breaks. 2. There's a grainy image or security camera recording. Can you clean it up? Sure! It's now perfect resolution!

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Randy Kilpatrick 3 years ago

I really hate how a stun gun instantly renders a person unconscious, I sure hope nobody has ever attempted to use one in a self defense situation and expected them to knock out the bad guy.

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I'manoob! 3 years ago

For me it's, "What could go wrong?" and "It's probably just the wind". Like...first, that line: "What could go wrong" needs to be banned for how much it's been used and how it ends the same way in any and every situation. And second, just the wind?...JUST the wind??! IT'S NEVER 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 THE WIND!!!

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jk nbt 3 years ago

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troufaki13 3 years ago

29points

Julie Daly 3 years ago

And this is woman, so and so, a leading expert in her field. Ahh no, she's 22 she's only out of university.

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22Rincut 3 years ago

13points

Seabeast 3 years ago

2points

Paul K. Johnson 3 years ago

11points

Mallowmelt Tardis 3 years ago

For me, it's that all girls who aren't skinny as a stick MUST be loud, hilarious, obnoxious, kinda dumb, etc.

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My most hated trope: Injuries never maim or kill, and amnesia resolves perfectly.

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Vilma 3 years ago

8points

fogharty 3 years ago

6points

marianne eliza 3 years ago

Once the female lead has gotten into danger, usually by kidnapping, she no longer has a name. She's just "the girl". As in "where's the girl?" "I want the girl" "The girl stays/goes free".

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Aprl Fair 3 years ago

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Kate Yeti 3 years ago

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Bow, I’m a Slytherin 3 years ago

The mom/mum in the movie makes a huge breakfast, checked tablecloth, jug of juice, crosaints, but her children just grab a bagel, because they’re ALWAYS late for school.

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Bird Mom 3 years ago

I've always wanted to write a movie that destroys all these tropes.

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Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

The series I'm working on actually parodies/makes fun of a lot of overused tropes in various kinds of stories!

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James 3 years ago

Do it. It’s so satisfying when you see one that does something original.

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Aroace tiger 3 years ago

I'm going to write a story (that nobody else will see)that gets rid of the gay stereo type and probably othe ones too

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Chicken Nugget 3 years ago

3points

David Cumberland 3 years ago

2points

Trina Risos 3 years ago

Someone just waking up AND THEN proceeds to brushing their teeth BEFORE going down for breakfast. Like WTF you brush your teeth AFTER meals. Jeez.

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Rainy Day Wolf 3 years ago

I actually do this...

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