There was another "What TV/movie cliches drive you crazy?" thread on Reddit. I love this stuff so much, I am going to C&P top answers from people.
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con_carne
Jul 9 '14, 12:56
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Every time someone wakes up in a hospital, the first thing they do is rip the IV out of their arm.
When someone does something that upsets someone else and they could easily explain why they had to do it or why it shouldn't upset them, but instead the person says "I don't want to hear it!" causing the plot to be dragged out for another hour.
Sneaky helicopters, the ones that suddenly appear with a great wall of sound 10 foot in front of the movies protagonist without warning. (Ed. i.e. Des Ex Machina)
Peoples inability to wait for backup.. Come on now, backup should be here any minute: FUCK IT, IMMA DO THIS ON MY OWN! EAT LEAD COCKROACHES!
Infinite gears in car chases. And constant rev increases.
"We have to go now!" "Why? Whats up?" "Theres no time!" "Whats happening?" "Youre not listening!!!" You could have already said the reason.
Whenever someone is in a hurry to get away, the car struggles to start.
If the good guy is shot in the torso, they never, ever die. I mean, the good guy rarely dies in any movie, but if he's grasping anywhere near his shoulder when the bullet hits, I won't be surprised to see him alive in the final scene.
Crime procedurals where an off-topic conversation with a random secondary character makes one of the detectives realize what he needs to solve the crime
A: "Hey Jim, how was your day"
B: "Great, Mike. Except when one of my students growled at me for waking him up during class!"
A: "Haha... growled at you. Wait, the dog that growled at every police officer at the crime scene didn't growl at all during the 911 call the vic made before he died! He must have been killed by someone the dog is friendly with! The only person that could be is the next door neighbor! I gotta go Jim, thanks!"
As a building services engineer, crawling through air ducts.
No. Jesus fuck no. I mean there're far too many obstructions up there for you to do it. Not only that but fuck the ducts aren't even a consistent size. What if you need to get to the furthest room from the AHU? The ducts might start out fine but good fucking luck trying to crawl through a 150mmø spiral duct.
You can't even go around square corners! There's turning vanes in there that'll block your way, because square corners will fuck up your airflow! Same with junctions!
Boy meets girl. Boy tells girl lie to impress her. Boy and Girl fall in love. Boy tells girl truth. "Our entire relationship is based on a lie! Did you ever even love me?"
If something really tall is falling in your direction, be sure to run away from it in a direction that lies along where it will land.
When you end a phone conversation with someone, never say "goodbye". Just hang up the phone.
"I didn't sign up for this."
"So it's a date?"
"i'll pick you up tonight " he doesn't know where she lives? he didn't exchange phone numbers? HOW? HOW I ASK YOU?
The quirky, weird, different forensic people in crime shows.
That in a dangerous situation that involves family, the kids start doing stupid things. Fucking kids should start listening to their parents. Oh and when they are on the run the wife always falls or does something she thinks is "best" for the situation.
When a cop is close to solving a case, he'll be suspended from duty, which he'll ignore.
Everyone types 250 WPM and never ever uses a mouse.
Delaying the murder of the hero, while explaining entire evil mastermind plan.
The good guy can always fight off multiple attackers. Why are they just standing around watching their buddy get beat up? Why are they taking turns? Look! They're just standing there! Attack him! It's the perfect opportunity. Oh, great, now he's beating you up because you wouldn't attack when you could have had some assistance.
When pregnant women go into labor. "OMG, I'm having one contraction! Everybody freak out and run me to the hospital immediately because this baby is going to fall out of my vagina in 3 minutes!" Yeah, it doesn't work that way (unless maybe it's her fourth or fifth pregnancy, but it never is on TV). You usually are in labor for AT LEAST 6 hours, up to 40 or 50, plenty of time to not panic and get your ass to the hospital.
I am a paramedic. On TV or the movies the EKG monitor goes Flatline and they immediately shock with the paddles. You do not do this. In fact, when you shock you make the heart flatline (stop the heart) in hopes that the natural pacemaker in the heart will re-group and start firing in a normal manner. Also the loud thump sound you hear when they fire the defibrillator and shock. You make hear a "click" sound but that's about it.
walking away from an explosion and not looking back.
Just one time I want to see someone get hit with some shrapnel that would have missed if they had cowered slightly.
Young 20-something year old with a low paying job in New York? Let's have that character live in a giant apartment right in the middle of Manhattan.
When the 'science-guy' is explaining something to the main character using complicated technical-sounding terms, the first response is always some variation of "English, please?".
Child who gives the main character really deep and down to earth advice like, "She's your soul mate right? Go after her!". Modern Family abused this formula with Manny quite a bit but they managed to put a bit of irony behind it. It doubles in annoyance when the main character gives an astonished reaction to their surprising amount of insight.
Will they won't they.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"
People being illogical and stupid just to further the story. The Walking Dead I'm looking at you.
"You just don't get it, do you?"
The scientists that get to work on the most expensive space exploring mission ever, suddenly become blatant idiots: remove their breathing helmet (without knowing if the air is breathable), or start touching the carnivorous plants.
Lack of proper communication leads to a misunderstanding cliché. Open your mouth and tell the entire story, fucktards.
We Germans are always ze bad guys, have no sense of humor and are very rude to other people. FUCK ZIS SHIT FUCK YOU ALL!!
Cocking a gun = "Oh, now I mean business!"
"You only get one shot" "One shot is all I need"
Everyone seem to get Knicks/Mets/Giants/Rangers/Lakers/[insert team name].... tickets all the time, free of charge, courtside seats, behind the dugout,...I'm not from USA, so I may be wrong but it seems to me that getting that kind of seats, or for that matter tickets for big games on a regular basis if you are not a season ticket holder, would not be that easy.
"Hey, this guy I know gave me 4 Superbowl tickets. Wanna go? Sure!"
Noone ever just coughs. If someone coughs, they'll be in hospital in the next scene.
All senior military officers are warmongers.
"let me type something into my computer" BEEP BOOP BEEP BEEP
Computers don't make all that noise. Overzealous audio engineers.
"We've got company."
Gay men having an fashion sixth sense
Most movies could be cut say 1-2 hours short if they main character just says no like a normal person. Frozen - Do you wanna build a Snowman? No, go back to bed its 1 in the morning
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cops can shoot up an entire bar/office/bank and blow away 12 bad guys, never ever get stuck doing paperwork, or even sticking around to answer questti -- nm
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POP..and...fizzzzzz
Jul 9, 13:54
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all investigations requre a visit to a strip club with a 50/50 that the hero will recognise a heist about to happen because of a trench coat being wor
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Zorcàs
Jul 9, 13:48
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women interested in the hero can be talked into anything even if they would likely lose their job and/or get arrested -- nm
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Zorcàs
Jul 9, 13:46
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good guys on the run can immediately find and rent a huge loft and stock it with laboratory equipment all without ID and money/CCs -- nm
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Zorcàs
Jul 9, 13:38
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and, I'm just curious, how many links to tvtropes have been posted? -- nm
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znufrii
Jul 9, 13:28
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The main character getting interrupted just as he's about to reveal crucial information to another character. -- nm
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znufrii
Jul 9, 13:25
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Did I miss "What'll it be?" "Give me a beer." "Pours a beer."
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Jaxón
Jul 9, 13:16
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Everything that ever happened on "The Following." i.e. "Oh yay we caught the badguy, oh wait they somehow did something and escaped" -- nm
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MDH
Jul 9, 13:06
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Whoa whoa whoa. You mean all gay men don't have an extra sixth sense about fashion? -- nm
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Jaxón
Jul 9, 13:06
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the most annoying thing in movies (US Movies and TV shows mostly) is:
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Dándukini
Jul 9, 13:05
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