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“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing The ex-cop/FBI agent that comes out of retirement because the entire government can't catch a criminal.

The_Spyre Report

Final score:

276points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

And the witnesses remembering every single detail from 20 years ago!

109points

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing The main character bakes muffins part-time 3 days a week but lives in a 2500 sq ft loft penthouse in the chic part of town.

SeaTie Report

Final score:

257points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

And someone super rich and super gorgeous falls in love with them

84points

To learn more about how this conversation began, we reached out to Reddit user Fake-And-Gay-Bot, who originally posed the question, “What single trope can cause you to fully lose interest in a movie/show?” They were kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about what inspired them to start this discussion in the first place, sharing, "I was talking with my friends Toby, Robin, and Erica, all writers, about what kinds of tropes ticked us off over lunch. Toby, for example, dislikes when fantasy species are designed to be discriminated against (i.e Tieflings).”

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing She was a busy business lady that only had time for business. He was some jackass womanizer with chlamydia. Will these two incompatible people go through a series of unlikely events, fall in love, have some minor misunderstanding, then get together in the last few minutes? Find out this fall

Joham22 Report

Final score:

251points

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The Original Bruno 1 year ago

"jackass womanizer with chlamydia." BWAHAHA!!!!

10points

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing The "clumsy, nerdy, awkward girl" who are normally played by the hottest actresses out there...

Icy_Note_8154 Report

Final score:

235points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

Curly hair with glasses = nerdy, straight hair, no glasses = hot (I have curly hair and I wear glasses, so... 🤣🤣🤣)

93points

We also asked the OP about any tropes that they personally can’t stand. "When disabled characters lose the disability,” they shared. “The mute character was on a vow of silence the whole time. The wheelchair bound character gets 5-second surgery an episode after getting bound to it. The blind character can see using special sunglasses. Why disable the character if they're not actually disabled?"

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Fathers that are stupid/literally cannot parent for comedic value. The “useless dad” trope.

fieldsofjade Report

Final score:

235points

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Dan Padgett 1 year ago

This one triggers me badly. I was a SAH dad for 3 years with a new born. I have more time so deal with the kids more. So yeah, I get triggered.

52points

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing If an entire conundrum can be solved by just someone waiting 1 minute for the other person to explain but chooses not to.

Irritates me to no end and I'd much rather stop watching the movie.

charthrowawayliet Report

Final score:

226points

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Me 1 year ago

How does that apply to Groundhog Day, though. He was in a time loop. Nothing anyone could do to stop it and unlikely they'd believe him anyway.

84points

“Often, the character will not have to suffer real consequences while disabled,” the OP went on to note. “The mute will never have to get someone's attention, the wheelchair bound won't arrive at their regular workplace to find there's no accessibility, the blind character won't have to make any kind of lifestyle change to accommodate, even in the meantime between being fixed.”

“Many superhero films, like Daredevil (the titular character, blind) or X-Men (cyclops, pseudo-blind), have a disabled character that can operate just as well as a non-disabled character, as if they don't have the disability,” they added.

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing "If I kill him I'm no better than him"

Motgerfucker you just smoked 19 of his henchmen and put 5 more in a wheelchair for life, end his a*s.

And of course the bad guy gets let go, but decides at the last second to try to kill the good guy, justifying a bullet between the eyes, usually by either the good guys sidekick, or the bad guys henchmen that he just got done betraying.

Pyrochazm Report

Final score:

209points

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FluffyPanda 1 year ago

Not to mention the occasional car of a working class person that gets hurled into a brick wall, missing the villain.

15points

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Presenting casual stalking and the denial of boundaries as romantic. Notebook I'm looking at you. (Not saying all movies that do this are bad, but it really makes me cringe)

Edit:
Yall are right the notebook IS a bad one

Yes I know its an older trope, but it can still be seen in some newer media

birdy_737 Report

Final score:

197points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Many Bollywood movies (especially the older ones) romanticise being after a girl and harassing her untill she finally caves in. I hate that trope so much that I’m willing to strangle the person who came up with i t

72points

SolutionsNotIdeology Report

As far as tropes that Fake-And-Gay-Bot actually does appreciate, they told Bored Panda that they’re a fan of “Morally intelligent Anti-Villains”. “The kind of villain that doesn't even need to mind control you, because he's already convinced you,” the OP explained. “The type of villain that has such a good point, you begin to wonder who the villain really is. Death the Wolf, Joker, and Gus Fring are some nice examples.”

#10

Controversial, but shows/movies that rely on awkwardness, like the Office or Elf. I get terrible second hand embarrassment and I just can't.

Final score:

183points

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James Edwards 1 year ago

Second hand embarrassment, I get that too! +1

84points

#11

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Being mildly impacted by lethal injuries. Likewise, when in subfreezing temperatures, not succumbing to hypothermia when soaking wet. Not always enough to shut it off, but it always stands out and strains the illusion.

spill_oreilly Report

Final score:

180points

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Iampenny 1 year ago

I dunno, I mean it IS Liam Neeson in this photo being used as an example, so I'll buy it ;-D

50points

We were also curious why this OP thinks film and TV writers continue to use the same tropes over and over. “I believe it's easier to write a story when focusing on archetypes and plot narratives, many of which tend to be very common or something the writer picked up from their favorite media,” they told Bored Panda. “People who grew up with stoic, justice-serving vigilantes might base some characters off of them. Typically, an ensemble is based on an assortment of archetypes who bounce off one another."

#12

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing They can't figure out how to give their female characters depth without falling back on some kind of rape/sexual assault.

gin_a Report

Final score:

179points

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Fish Fingers 1 year ago

I read a book last week, written by a woman, the main character is a woman, and it STILL included the handsome boyfriend saying 'Don't worry, I'll do the thinking...' And that was it. No snappy comeback, no annoyance, nothing.

58points

#13

The virgin being the chosen girl. Why can’t the blonde s**t save the day for once? They can be smart too. I need my character representation.

Only-Cat8526 Report

Final score:

179points

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Beth 1 year ago

I know it's old, but that was the whole point of Buffy.

87points

The OP went on to note that they look for ways to create new ideas, subverting and deconstructing classic archetypes, with their own writing. “The passionate, determined fighter only wants to work hard, not smart, and his potential is lost until he realizes it,” they shared. “The invincible ‘I'm the real hero’ villain can genuinely be reasoned with. The hero is driven by less noble motivations, like fear, trauma, or greed.”

“Think of tropes like cooking ingredients,” they continued. “What goes well on a steak might not fit as well in a cake. Every tool has its use, every trope has its place. Your story is a sculpture, best not to use a giant chisel for every nook and cranny.”

#14

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing The main character is about to get killed. The antagonist is sitting there pointing a gun at them about to shoot them, but they first have to give a 30 second speech. This gives the love interest/forgotten side kick/child with developing fighting skills to come kill the enemy instead. Follow it up with a quote from them saying “you think I’d miss this party?”.

Jimbo19091 Report

Final score:

163points

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Panda Boi 1 year ago

Or a big killer that doesn't go for the kill but rather throws the protagonist around the room.

50points

Beginning-Match592 Report

#15

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Something that can be fixed right away with just a conversation

Final score:

154points

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Dan Padgett 1 year ago

"I can explain this". They totally can but don't.

52points

If you think about your favorite films and TV shows, you’re guaranteed to come up with some archetypes and classic tropes that are present in them. But when the writing is done well, you will be so focused on the characters themselves that you won’t be rolling your eyes about them being a classic manic pixie dream girl or anti-hero. Keep upvoting the tropes you’ve seen enough of as well, and let us know in the comments if there are any more that immediately make you lose interest in a film or show. And if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article discussing this same topic, look no further than right here!

#16

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Abuse of men getting downplayed as a joke

blaizken_420 Report

Final score:

153points

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starsailor (they/he) 1 year ago

yeah. man slaps a woman, he's satan incarnate (true, never hit your partner). woman slaps a man, what did he do to deserve it? or haha funny! it is never okay to hit your partner, no matter your or their gender.

115points

#17

kill animal or pet for cheap shock value

plz-be-my-friend Report

Final score:

152points

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Moosy Girl 1 year ago

This is the one that actually makes me turn off movies or stop watching tv shows nowadays. Looking at you ‘The Silence’. >:(

56points

#18

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Cutting the palm of their hand in order to use their blood for some goofy b******t like it’s not one of the worse possible places to cut.

One of the ones that never fails to make me laugh however is something insane happening in front of a lone hobo, then the guy looks at the bottle he was drinking and tosses it over his shoulder

MJVinci22 Report

Final score:

150points

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James Edwards 1 year ago

Empty of course!

32points

#19

The fat "comedic relief" character.

MandaMoo Report

Final score:

150points

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PleasantCrocodile 1 year ago

Or the fat character who is obsessed with food. Luckily a little less common nowadays.

61points

#20

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Refuses to solve the problem because one person may die so instead they risk the lives of millions

Veldora12 Report

Final score:

149points

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Dan Padgett 1 year ago

Just ask Spock. He knows the deal.

51points

#21

Shaky cam, I hate shaky cam

StubbySpartan Report

Final score:

148points

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Glen Ellyn 1 year ago

I've quit watching more than one movie because of shaky cam. There's no way I'm going to sit through two hours of shaky cam.

7points

#22

There might be a monster/ghost/demon in the basement, I better go check it out.

fudgedundee Report

Final score:

140points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Without turning the lights on first too. It is obligatory to search all basements carrying just a candle

85points

Gloomy-Flamingo-1733 Report

#23

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing When a character is repeatedly hyped as being insanely intelligent, but then they just have a decent vocabulary and aren't particularly insightful or clever.

Final score:

139points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

It's probably because the writer's estimation of "super smart" is someone being the same level of intelligence as themselves. Which means more than one writer has accidentally outed themselves as not too bright. It's particularly telling if the "genius" just magically knows the answer all the time even though the lead-up to them figuring it out either doesn't exist or makes no sense.

59points

#24

The a*****e teenager that talks s**t to their parents because "teenagers are moody". I didn't know anyone like that growing up.

JFeth Report

Final score:

138points

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Rebelliousslug 1 year ago

I didn’t know any parents that let their kids get away with that growing up

84points

#25

Uptight woman, subversive insubordinate man, they hate each other... but there's sexual tension.

F**k all of that, it just encourages creeps.

You're not dangerous and different Rodney, you're just a loud, incompetent d**k.

I don't love/hate you I just hate you.

We will not end up together, and it you keep bothering me ~~my foot is going to end up kicking your a**e~~ I will contact HR

Sherpa2730 Report

Final score:

127points

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Dani M 1 year ago

that sounds personal

63points

#26

Bad geography throws me every time. Like when a movie says its happening in some specific city but the skyline is clearly a different city, even when the location has no particular relevance to the plot. Like, okay? Why say your characters live in New York when they're clearly in Vancouver? Why not just say Vancouver or not say the name of the city at all?

Also stuff like in Captain America Civil War where there's a bombing in Vienna and the authorities catch up with him in Bucharest and he's pursued by German police. Like... what? Why would Romania allow a bunch of German police to operate in their borders? And why would German police be the ones pursuing him for a terrorist act in **Austria**? Bucky gets apprehended and brought to Germany, where he's imprisoned by Americans. Why???

tenehemia Report

Final score:

114points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

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39points

Individual-Fail4709 Report

#27

The ugly girl (or guy) is made pretty (or handsome) for some douchebag who makes a bet. The ugly girl/guy is actually not at all ugly.

Final score:

108points

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PleasantCrocodile 1 year ago

Just once, I want to see a character try on a pair of glasses, stunning everyone around them with how smart they now look.

10points

#28

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing I can’t stand seeing specialists being cast as masters of multiple highly specialized skill sets or areas of study. I understand that it’s a popular action movie trope, but you also see this in the medical and academic fields.

BeatMeElmo Report

Final score:

107points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

The hacking scene in ncis where two of them are typing frantically on the same keyboard. One of the stupidest things I've ever seen

93points

#29

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing faked reactions by judges on America's Got Talent.

You have the magician who is clearly intentionally fumbling around and messing up the trick. Even a 3 year old can see it is an act, but the judges are sitting there faking disgust that they can't believe this talentless hack made it to the live show.

Or you have a stage magician with some very basic illusions yet the judges act like this guy has actual magic powers and cant even conceive of how it might be a staged illusion.

They are supposed to be experts in performing arts, have some class and act like it.

robotmonkeyshark Report

Final score:

102points

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Talitha Jansen 1 year ago

Honestly, American talent shows and reality shows are off putting to me. The emotions are always so over the top, the hosts can never act but they pretend to never the less. Everything is just so blown up.

9points

TheWalkingBlondeJoke Report

#30

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Smart people making dumb decisions for drama. I have stopped watching several shows because of this

Final score:

93points

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Talitha Jansen 1 year ago

Smart people make dumb decisions too, not everything they do is smart. We're human, we're faulty.

60points

#31

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Watching the first episode of Suits with my roommate ages ago. Early in the episode the main character just puts a baseball cap on another random person and walks away. The random person just walks with this new random baseball cap until the prof pursuer takes it off him in the hopes of finding the main character.

My roommate just lost his s**t at that. Like what kind of person just lets someone else puts a baseball cap on him and keeps it there instead of immediately taking it off and going "WTF". He refused to watch the rest of the episode after that, he was f*****g livid. I wish I took his warning because that show really was bad and I should have not bothered watching it after that too.

ChocolateBunny Report

Final score:

92points

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K.H.M. 1 year ago (edited)

Lol yeah. When the main characters do stuff that doesn't make any sense and people just don't question it.

21points

#32

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Stupid parents. Smart kids.

buzzkill007 Report

Final score:

91points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

It's transparent wish fulfilment for kids, naturally, but just as naturally it's annoying to adults.

41points

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

#33

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing “Wait! I can explain this very obvious and easy to explain scenario”

“Nope. You’re dead to me. Now stare speechless as I’m meander my way out of your life slowly.”

Aerhart941 Report

Final score:

88points

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Take me to dinner first 1 year ago

Or when someone literally dying and trying to say something and the others are just "oh he's in so much distress, let me put his mask back"

23points

#34

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Character dies at the end of story for no reason just because of shock value and they "Needed" to kill someone

amcoolerthanu Report

Final score:

84points

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Take me to dinner first 1 year ago

I'm still not over Newt's death in maze runner

23points

#35

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Disobedient stupid children who ultimately end up getting their parents killed or put them in danger

SirCletusIII Report

Final score:

76points

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Samuel Pelatan 1 year ago (edited)

Or the mirror : Parents doing s**t because they refuse to listen to/believe children

45points

#36

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Cop with family problems. Yeah, we get it. The job's soo important that they've sacrificed family time and regret it. And now they want to be the parent they failed to be in the past, but... this new case is so important.

mailordermonster Report

Final score:

76points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

Well cops do have abnormally high rates of DV in their relationships...

44points

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

#37

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing "Will they won't they". I liked watching New Girl, but when they completely restarted the main characters' relationship I was like, "Oh, so it's going to be like that."

Dear producers,

Please let your characters grow.

MrMToomey Report

Final score:

75points

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Nonya Business 1 year ago

New Girl got me too. Like, instead of celebrating the growth of two characters with a wedding it became time to watch the main character realize they have feelings for a person for the 15th time.

2points

#38

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Resurrection and fake-out deaths

Cold_Hour Report

Final score:

66points

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Mahayana 1 year ago

If I cried when you died and you come back, you are still dead to me. I’m not gonna cry twice, no way!

30points

#39

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing The plot twist where the seemingly innocent character is revealed to be the villain behind the stages and goes into a monologue as to why he / she had their motives, bringing up a boring backstory about how their efforts were never appreciated or how they spent time in secrets learning skills to outwit the hero.

RabbiAndy Report

Final score:

62points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

I actually like this. I don't care for the monologue but the surprise baddie is always interesting for me. I actually quite enjoy trying to guess it. As far as I know, one clue is they never use apple products. Apparently apple won't let you.

14points

#40

Pregnancy plotline!

I don't care who it is, or even if I love the show. I stop watching. It's sooo boring.

oneofyrfencegrls Report

Final score:

62points

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Panda Boi 1 year ago

This!! As soon as a baby enters the chat, I'm out!

23points

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#41

"Sexposition" as popularized by GoT.

Sex scenes in general, mostly because they rarely do anything to advance the plot and feel like a cheap way to grab your attention.

Intelligent characters who are mysteriously, conveniently incompetent when faced with important decisions.

Blundell1992 Report

Final score:

27points

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Elio 1 year ago

Let's talk about the latest nobles who have murdered each other while we bang. Multitasking is fun!

8points

#42

Parent misses kid's play/game at school... It's in so many movies and shows done exactly the same. Lazy writing.

8886743 Report

Final score:

26points

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Elchinero 1 year ago

Lucky them!

4points

#43

The pissed off teenager that has to move to a small town.

Royalwolf110 Report

Final score:

26points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

Parent: that's it! You're moving to live with your aunt and uncle! Aunt&uncle: the f**k you are

20points

#44

The cop who is about to retire, the soldier with one last mission before they're out, and the person who was about to get married WHEN THEY GOT KILLED.

virgilreality Report

Final score:

25points

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Elio 1 year ago

He and his wife bought a boat named Live-4-Ever!

10points

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

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#45

“Chosen one” stories

Adan1m Report

Final score:

23points

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Dan Padgett 1 year ago

Arry Potta!

10points

#46

Prom queen/cheerleader teen bully. Only possible plot line: redemption arc or gets what she deserves. /YAWN

KaijuAlert Report

Final score:

23points

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Vincent Philippart 1 year ago

Leave that one be. Some of us have trauma to process.

9points

#47

When it feels like you’re being lectured by the writers

sovietsoaker Report

Final score:

23points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

Don't force your themes by lecturing the reader/audience. Themes emerge naturally as part of the story and people will generally pick up on them. SO much writing advice I give boils down to "never tell the audience what to think; let them think for themselves". It gets particularly bad when the stated morals and themes don't mesh with what's actually shown on the page/screen, such as when we're TOLD a character is smart but they ACT like a complete dumbass, or when we're TOLD a character is kind and good but they ACT like a cruel, selfish POS. It drives me up the goddamn wall.

12points

#48

Characters kissing after a big action sequence.

KL5-2390 Report

Final score:

22points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I loved how at the end of Rogue One there was no out of nowhere last minute kiss (or any forced romantic subplot at all) but just a terrified hug.

27points

#49

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing Everyone In This Show Is An Unlikable Bastard. Making everyone an a*****e isn't the same thing as having character depth.

CactuarJoe Report

Final score:

21points

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Pandapoo 1 year ago

I actually liked the Jesse Pinkman character in BB. I liked Walter at first, then…

2points

#50

**A black cap used as a disguise.**

Like my dude, I can see you walking conspicuously trying *not* to be conspicuous. If I were any sort of person looking for any sort of person (undercover superhero, spy operative, terrorist) then I will 100% suspect the first person with a black cap on.

IamMooz Report

Final score:

21points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

What you want ironically is a hi-vis and a clipboard. Nobody looks chuggers in the face

9points

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

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#51

“Bakes Muffins Part-Time 3 Days A Week But Lives In A 2500 Sq Ft Loft”: 40 Overdone Film Tropes That Audiences Are Tired Of Seeing When a character is killed and then soon after brought back to life. You just squandered so much storytelling potential and audience emotional engagement there.
Superhero movies are so guilty of this.

Pikanyaa Report

Final score:

20points

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the shrimp whisperer 1 year ago

as i said before, i think marvel's agents of shield did this pretty well (i'm not saying which character because i dont want to spoil it)

5points

#52

Love triangles.

lrw7890 Report

Final score:

19points

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James Edwards 1 year ago

That's so old school, we do squares now!

17points

Poorly-Drawn-Beagle Report

#53

Amnesia storyline.

Final score:

19points

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Stary_cat 1 year ago

Ok, but 50 first dates is so good

15points

#54

Young brown guy with a beard = bad guy

Young brown girl = she doesnt like her culture/religion and wants to escape from it

Old brown parent = idiot thats that want to constantly get their children married

Dahwaann4U Report

Final score:

18points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

I haven't noticed this as often. I've noticed howver quite a lot of movies go with british villains, which is quite accurate given how big their empire was.

8points

#55

Most plot lines revolving around mental illness are just laughably bad. Also, the not like other girls' plots.

sandown_the_clown Report

Final score:

18points

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Belynda Young 1 year ago

Not like other girls makes me stop reading a book too.

7points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#56

I dunno if this is a trope, but CGI fire makes me very angry and I lose all interest after that. It looks so bad!

Allstar4thliner Report

Final score:

17points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

i see those ads for Fire Country on tv those are the fakest looking fires.

1point

#57

"What if we used 100%?"

And literally anything suggesting multiple personality disorder.

Common-Wish-2227 Report

Final score:

15points

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crowspectre (he/they) 1 year ago

DID, actually. Dissociative identity disorder. But yeah DID and NPD are really stigmatized

2points

#58

s****y communication to advance a dumb plot. come on, people are smart, smart characters make good shows.

Crap_Sally Report

Final score:

13points

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Colin 1 year ago

Except s****y communication drives the real world. Challenger explosion, Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, Mars climate orbiter crash, KLM crash on the Canary Islands, the difference between Catia V4 and V5 etc

4points

#59

Random time travel. You invest in a show or movie and then BOOM, let’s time travel and try to explain the intricacies of time paradoxes

itllbefine Report

Final score:

9points

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Mahayana 1 year ago

I actually like it

5points

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#60

I watch east Asian dramas. I'm so fed up of the childhood friends trope, or making them connected in some way in their childhood.

MascaraGoop Report

Final score:

7points

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MushroomHead22 1 year ago

so... uh... stop watching them if they make you mad.

2points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

I hate it when the story ends with “it was just a dream.” It feels like you wasted your time and energy getting invested in the characters and relationships only for it to turn out to be not real. The story never mattered and there were zero consequences the whole time so you’re just better off not reading the book/ watching the movie

23points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

understandable but inception was cool in my view because it just wasn't clear at the end if it WAS just a dream.

7points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

That's an old soap opera trope used in the 80's, most notably in Dallas and St. Elsewhere. You don't see it often, outside of comedy, because it is stupid, and it makes the audience feel like they are being treated as stupid.

1point

imgonaarickrollyousohard 1 year ago

Lost

0points

Christina T 1 year ago

This brings to mind American Psycho. I think it's still up for debate whether or not Patrick Bateman was delusional and all the murder was in his head, or if he actually was a serial killer.

0points

Bernd Herbert 1 year ago

Here are mine: 1. If the whole plot is about a wedding, I'm out. Can't think of a more mundane topic to spend time and money on. 2. Rape jokes when it comes to male prisons. I don't think rape is funny at all, regardless of the gender of the victims

16points

eame 1 year ago

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

For me it's "Virtue Signaling" without any second thought about the quality of the product. I don't mean every thing that has a woman / LGBQT or in other form diverse protagonist with that - there is content that does it very well. But if the only selling point is "Look, we made this but with an all female cast / different skin tone character" and not good character development, good visuals or overall good writting it's basically worthless or just does more harm to the represented group.

13points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

I don't think I've seen a movie like that. Can you give examples? Don't say the ghostbusters with women, I really liked it and found Hemsworth a believable bimbo.

1point

eame 1 year ago

the "male genius" scientist, with the female adoring grad student. Barf. As a female scientist, the idea of male genius is a farce. Women were not allowed access to education for millennia. Now, even women geniuses are never described as such because we've grown up believing that only men are geniuses.

11points

John Harrison 1 year ago

Disregard ... it's probably rare enough that "never" fits.

1point

SparkleFarts 1 year ago

Bad guys with rifles can't hit anything, but good guys with pistols are super accurate at range. Not how firearms work. At all

8points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

I totally agree!! BTW, really like your screen name...lol

4points

OWEN CASH 1 year ago

The computer nerd who presses a few keys on their keyboard and suddenly has access to the entire corporate or government network.

6points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

The trope I hate is car chases. Please just stop. I don't care if it's a horse, or a starwars speeder, or a Chevy, or a fighter jet. Please stop with the damn chases. I won't watch fast and furious for this reason. They're unrealistic and would result in huge numbers of accidents and death. They also never add to the plot. The only one I actually liked was this one because it so obviously satirised the form. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7ZWNlF8DY

6points

Frando Bone 1 year ago

Talking animals in action movies. I turn them off immediately.

5points

Edgar 1 year ago

Paris with cars and people like it was in the 60s.

5points

Walter Bravenboer 1 year ago

Damn, some people really get upset about trivial things.

4points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

are they upset or bored of tropes?

5points

Vicki Cunningham 1 year ago

I hate when a car is chasing a person down a road and the person just keeps running straight.

3points

Jeff Brock 1 year ago

The one that annoys me is when a character wakes, blinks a few times, then the eyes open wide as they realize that they are not alone in the bed. If you were so drunk and/or high that you forgot that you f**ked someone and that said someone stayed the night, then a) you need rehab...pronto and b) you were either the victim or the perpetrator of a sex crime

3points

Raphapablap 1 year ago

For me, it's the pre-teen/early teen who is way too mentally mature and seems to know all music from decades ago. Also, conveniently have all the answers/one-liners. Never met anyone like this in real life.

3points

Christina T 1 year ago

Okay, my 17 yo son is not way too mentally mature, but he does know a lot of music from decades ago, movies as well, does not have all the answers, but always has a great one-liner at the ready.

2points

Howard M. Lewis Ship 1 year ago (edited)

Character emerges from a river or lake fully clothed and soaking wet, and in the next scene (taking place seconds or minutes later) they are completely dry.

3points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

And their hair and makeup are perfect.

0points

RiceRiceBaby 929 1 year ago

A million bullets are shot from all around and none hit any of the good guys. But one careless shot from the main good guy and maims the head bad guy.

2points

Unaffected 1 year ago

Medical shows/dramas - doctors can do everything! Same people doing blood tests, radiology, surgeries, etc

2points

Lola Rogers 1 year ago

A person lives in an ordinary home like most people do, and this indicates that they are a pathetic failure.

2points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

I can't stand when a character is afraid to kill someone trying to murder them. Or they shoot them then can't get over the guilt. You are or were going to die! Shoot the Mo Fo. Relief is the appropriate feeling here. Relief. You're not some horrible person if you're thrilled your stalker is dead.

2points

Nonya Business 1 year ago

I like this trope, because in real life the survivor's guilt is not silenced by logic. But I do hate the trope of "getting over it" rather than accepting what happened after years of therapy.

2points

NatalieC 1 year ago

I really hate it when people are being chased by zombies but then stop fleeing to have a full conversation about how much they love each other. I stopped watching Fear the Walking Dead because of this. SO annoying.

2points

CD King 1 year ago

I hate the ones where the woman/ relationship is on the edge because she can't have/ lost / wants a baby but her partner is holding back. She is not a real, fulfilled woman until she has her little bundle of joy.

2points

SomeoneTookMySweetRoll 1 year ago

The person with no obvious skill/talent nor training in something, practices for like one month and is suddenly a master. Even if you practice every day, there is no way you’re going from zero to black belt/virtuoso/Michelin star chef that quickly.

1point

DrBronxx 1 year ago

While I think some of these are valid criticisms, and are down to lazy writing/glamourisation, quite a few of them are just personal opinions on the types of films or characters people don't like.

1point

zovjraar me 1 year ago

whenever a chick throws up, it means she's pregnant. no food poisoning, no stomach flu, she's pregnant. every. single. time.

1point

SJ Rand 1 year ago (edited)

I see this pregnancy comment all the time, and nope, not true at all. The past two weeks alone I've see fear, exhaustion, emotional upset, hangover, and food poisoning. Maybe give romances a pass?

0points

Sonja 1 year ago

Women beating men by being somehow magical deities or having secret powers or being a genius when in the source material it was 'just' a normal women. The worst example being the life action of Mulan.

1point

John Harrison 1 year ago

A lot of these are just folks unnecessarily demanding that fiction perfectly reflect reality ... which would just be boring.

1point

Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

When a lead female character has no flaws and can do no wrong. Captain Marvel is an example she has so much power once the limiter is gone she really can't be beat. She show up at the end of End Game and beats up Thanos so the rest can do their thing to get the stones. Also putting a character into a timeline they were never in. I know Captain Marvel was made after the first Avengers movie, but they never explain why she was not there. I think this is why she doesn't show up much the writers left a large plot hole and rather than explain they just have her leaving all the time.

1point

Christina T 1 year ago

Don't they explain her absence in End Game? I believe she tells (Iron Man maybe, or Cap?) that there are other places in the Galaxy that needed her help and don't have the Avengers like Earth does? Idk, End Game is def not a fav of mine.

1point

Annie 1 year ago

Movies or TV shows where there are 2 main antagonists/murderers but it turns out that it's really just one person with a dual or multiple personality disorder. It was a great plot twist the first time I saw it, now it's just lazy & annoying.

1point

censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

@katie can you give an example of the evil enemy race story which is an overt case of racial stereotyping/referencing of existing real racial stereotypes? I can only think of two cases, specifically in star wars episode 1. If you do not know what I mean, google "star wars episode 1 racism". Putting that aside, the trope of tribes fighting occurs in literature since time immemorial. Think of say Beowulf or Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth or the Illiad/Troy war, etc etc. This is ancient. Not saying it's good but it is how humans are. Stupid and racist. Now, if you look at sci-fi it's the same. Humans gonna human, and be racist. That's the whole point of e.g. Avatar. And I think it makes the point well. Ditto the Prawns in District 9, a thinly-disguised satire of apartheid in SA. You think aliens visiting us are going to be friendly? I doubt it.

1point

similarly 1 year ago

I think she's talking about fantasy movies, games and stories where Orc, Trolls and Goblins are evil simply because their whole species is evil. D&D has been moving away from this for a bit, and to be honest, I've always found it boring and simplistic. I play D&D, and I've always enjoyed imagining Orcs and Goblins and Bugbears as just regular people with regular lives who tend to get stereotyped because they're green or furry or have less human traits than the "main" races, like Elves, Dwarves and Humans. Not sure why poor Katie's getting downvoted. This has been a discussion for awhile in fantasy.

1point

Panda Boi 1 year ago

The protagonist always having financial and/or family issues. Soooo. Effing. Boring.

1point

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

family issues is almost always a spielberg giveaway. I am trying to think of a spielberg movie that did not involve it.

0points

millac 1 year ago

All 'genius' kids making those stupid marble runs.

0points

Stargazer66 1 year ago (edited)

I've stopped watching shows after the writers kill off a main character just.for.the.drama. After all the effort spent in making you care about the character, you kill 'em. No thank you. And I won't watch any other shows that show runner makes in the future.

0points

Ashley Hannah 1 year ago

I would say when the main characters go to the bar and always reach over and grab a bottle and and glasses. As an ex-bartender totally illegal. Also when people are so crazy black out drunk, then sober up 30 minutes later.

0points

Sad Pumpkin Pie 1 year ago

The one for me is in those cheap thriller movies when the bad guy finally attacks the protagonist and then stops in the middle to monologue and is just standing there not doing anything and the protagonist or some other random character jumps up with their hidden weapon and stabs/ shoots/smashes head of bad guy. Then they call the cops and apparently explain away how they killed a person in "self defense"that was just standing there unarmed, talking, and the movie ends with the typical "happy ending ". This one just bugs me because people who have done this to their attackers irl have literally gotten felonies and gone to prison for manslaughter. Shooting someone six times usually isn't considered self defense!

0points

Paula Pattison 1 year ago

Morgan to Hotchner "you need to see this", Geordie to Picard "you need to see this for yourself". No, I am in charge here I am busy, just tell me what I need to know

0points

Loveing Uncle jesse 1 year ago

Omg 7 hours

0points

Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

23points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

understandable but inception was cool in my view because it just wasn't clear at the end if it WAS just a dream.

7points

Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago

1point

imgonaarickrollyousohard 1 year ago

Lost

0points

Christina T 1 year ago

This brings to mind American Psycho. I think it's still up for debate whether or not Patrick Bateman was delusional and all the murder was in his head, or if he actually was a serial killer.

0points

Bernd Herbert 1 year ago

16points

eame 1 year ago

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

13points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

I don't think I've seen a movie like that. Can you give examples? Don't say the ghostbusters with women, I really liked it and found Hemsworth a believable bimbo.

1point

eame 1 year ago

11points

John Harrison 1 year ago

Disregard ... it's probably rare enough that "never" fits.

1point

SparkleFarts 1 year ago

Bad guys with rifles can't hit anything, but good guys with pistols are super accurate at range. Not how firearms work. At all

8points

Laura Lett 1 year ago

I totally agree!! BTW, really like your screen name...lol

4points

OWEN CASH 1 year ago

The computer nerd who presses a few keys on their keyboard and suddenly has access to the entire corporate or government network.

6points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

6points

Frando Bone 1 year ago

Talking animals in action movies. I turn them off immediately.

5points

Edgar 1 year ago

Paris with cars and people like it was in the 60s.

5points

Walter Bravenboer 1 year ago

Damn, some people really get upset about trivial things.

4points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

are they upset or bored of tropes?

5points

Vicki Cunningham 1 year ago

I hate when a car is chasing a person down a road and the person just keeps running straight.

3points

Jeff Brock 1 year ago

3points

Raphapablap 1 year ago

3points

Christina T 1 year ago

Okay, my 17 yo son is not way too mentally mature, but he does know a lot of music from decades ago, movies as well, does not have all the answers, but always has a great one-liner at the ready.

2points

Howard M. Lewis Ship 1 year ago (edited)

Character emerges from a river or lake fully clothed and soaking wet, and in the next scene (taking place seconds or minutes later) they are completely dry.

3points

Jude Laskowski 1 year ago

And their hair and makeup are perfect.

0points

RiceRiceBaby 929 1 year ago

A million bullets are shot from all around and none hit any of the good guys. But one careless shot from the main good guy and maims the head bad guy.

2points

Unaffected 1 year ago

Medical shows/dramas - doctors can do everything! Same people doing blood tests, radiology, surgeries, etc

2points

Lola Rogers 1 year ago

A person lives in an ordinary home like most people do, and this indicates that they are a pathetic failure.

2points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

2points

Nonya Business 1 year ago

I like this trope, because in real life the survivor's guilt is not silenced by logic. But I do hate the trope of "getting over it" rather than accepting what happened after years of therapy.

2points

NatalieC 1 year ago

2points

CD King 1 year ago

2points

SomeoneTookMySweetRoll 1 year ago

1point

DrBronxx 1 year ago

While I think some of these are valid criticisms, and are down to lazy writing/glamourisation, quite a few of them are just personal opinions on the types of films or characters people don't like.

1point

zovjraar me 1 year ago

whenever a chick throws up, it means she's pregnant. no food poisoning, no stomach flu, she's pregnant. every. single. time.

1point

SJ Rand 1 year ago (edited)

I see this pregnancy comment all the time, and nope, not true at all. The past two weeks alone I've see fear, exhaustion, emotional upset, hangover, and food poisoning. Maybe give romances a pass?

0points

Sonja 1 year ago

1point

John Harrison 1 year ago

A lot of these are just folks unnecessarily demanding that fiction perfectly reflect reality ... which would just be boring.

1point

Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

1point

Christina T 1 year ago

1point

Annie 1 year ago

1point

censorshipsucks 1 year ago (edited)

1point

similarly 1 year ago

1point

Panda Boi 1 year ago

The protagonist always having financial and/or family issues. Soooo. Effing. Boring.

1point

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

family issues is almost always a spielberg giveaway. I am trying to think of a spielberg movie that did not involve it.

0points