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And mentioning that they have to take a fully functional model of a volcano to school today, something that they knew about four weeks ago but are only mentioning now…
Most overused Clichés in movies/TV shows?
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And mentioning that they have to take a fully functional model of a volcano to school today, something that they knew about four weeks ago but are only mentioning now…
Take your X to school day also requires a contribution of £2.98 in exact change in cash, at 2 minutes notice at 8.30. If not, the world will end
UrbaneFox
They've doubled in price
Plus, "I love you", "I love you", just to remind families all around the world of their emotional / parental failures / deprivation / lack of support, feeling secure etc.
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T & P
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‘You have one phone call’ when someone when arrested.
Is this another truism? I’m no lawyer, less so regarding legal affairs in America, but surely one’s constitutional right to a defence lawyer must allow you to make more than one call if the first one is not successful?
Is this another truism? I’m no lawyer, less so regarding legal affairs in America, but surely one’s constitutional right to a defence lawyer must allow you to make more than one call if the first one is not successful?
T & P
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Slightly ajar doors in police crime films. When cops investigating a serious crime finally get a break in the case and rush to the address of a new vital witness, they will find out the baddies have beaten them to it and killed the resident when they arrive at the front door and find it one inch ajar. Extra cliche points if the door seems closed and opens a bit when cop knocks on it or tries the knob.
newme
Giant in Pastyland now
Mine does bye, bye, love you, love you more then slams the door to be the last to speak. Considering he's at secondary I found it impressive. Tho he's got to the sulky teenager phase at the same time which is definitely confusing.
T & P
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I might have mentioned this before in here, but at the climax of most crime, thrillers, and horror films when the protagonist(s) find themselves tied up somewhere and about to be killed as the antagonist delivers their victory speech, instead of risking their lives trying to overpower the armed and highly dangerous villain they should simply stall proceedings for a mere minute- two at the most. For invariably police calvary will burst in immediately after the life-of-death final struggle.
T & P
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In long-running police/ crime shows, whenever the detectives have to go the morgue to examine a victim’s body, it always be the same morgue and the same mortician processing the body. The latter will in most cases a man, and an awkward-looking weirdo at that brilliant at his job.
T & P
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Never once in the history of cinema has the arrival of a helicopter helped the baddies kill the protagonists during a car chase, or a gun battle on a rooftop, despite the overwhelming tactical advantage of shooting at slow moving targets with multiple assault rifles from above.
To further embarrass the hapless villains, the protagonist will take down the chopper with a single carefully aimed shot from his measly.
pistol
To further embarrass the hapless villains, the protagonist will take down the chopper with a single carefully aimed shot from his measly.
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Jammy smears
Pickle your knees in cheese
Getting in the car, smacking the steering wheel many times while shrieking. Does anyone do this in real life?
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Also, the bad guys' pursuit helicopter is never spotted until it suddenly looms within ten foot of the good guys' vehicle
UrbaneFox
They've doubled in price
They summarise the case whilst washing their hands and, untroubled by the horrors they have just seen and heard, go home to watch the Big Game whilst eating a huge steak tartare, or emphasise a point by jabbing a bloody scalpel at the detectives.
T & P
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Whenever the goodies come across an ancient book that might have information about a historical figure or mythical creature, the person opening the book will never bother to check the table of contents for it but will open the book randomly around the middle and invariably land two page flicks away from the one they seek. They will also be excellent speed readers and need under two seconds to scan a page and move on to the next one.
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So true. In the most egregious version, a mysterious sudden wind flicks over the pages to reveal the sought out page
UrbaneFox
They've doubled in price
Even if it's written in Cornish, Aramaic, Hieroglyph, Eastern Armenian or Linear B, as long as they've got a magnifying glass and candle, the way to the treasure is marked clearly.
But then, suddenly, the door behind them is slammed shut and locked.
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krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
The hero will face a number of villains/henchmen/assassins who all patiently wait their turn to take him or her down, rather than all attack at once and disable/kill their opponent.
AverageJoe
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In the middle of a massive gun fight.
"HOLD YOUR FIRE!"
And everyone hears it over all the guns and stops.
"HOLD YOUR FIRE!"
And everyone hears it over all the guns and stops.
T & P
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In a very similar vein to my last post about flicking an old book to the exact page required, when the protagonists unexpectedly come across old audio tapes by the police or a psychiatrist interviewing the main suspect or dictating notes about what they think of their subject, they will rewind for a random amount of seconds and land exactly at the spot where a bombshell revelation is spoken.
T & P
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In comedies and crime/action comedies, if any of the main or supporting characters is heavily pregnant, she will unexpectedly break her waters immediately the climax of the story.
The baby will pop out in the back of a taxi or police car. Or if the baby is born at the hospital, the main detective will rush in still covered in cuts and bruises straight from having defeated the antagonist, running like mad through hospital corridors looking for his wife’s room, and always finding her at the exact point when she’s holding their new bundle of joy in bed lovingly looking at him/ her.
The baby will pop out in the back of a taxi or police car. Or if the baby is born at the hospital, the main detective will rush in still covered in cuts and bruises straight from having defeated the antagonist, running like mad through hospital corridors looking for his wife’s room, and always finding her at the exact point when she’s holding their new bundle of joy in bed lovingly looking at him/ her.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Speed research, the real super power in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Also, all pregnancies announce themselves by the woman doing an unexpected puke (ducking into a side street if outdoors, running to the bathroom and making it just in time if indoors), and then exchanging a meaningful glance with her partner/parent/best friend.
T & P
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Whenever someone is having a vicious argument in their home or office with someone they know, and they get so enraged during the confrontation they feel a sudden murderous urge, there will always be a heavy marble sculpture or other object sitting on a credenza within immediate reach of their hand, and before they know it they have grabbed it and knocked it over the head of the other person.
If only such fights would take place in areas of the house/ office where there are no heavy ornaments at hand, countless lives would have been saved over the years.
If only such fights would take place in areas of the house/ office where there are no heavy ornaments at hand, countless lives would have been saved over the years.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
If you're a character in Twin Peaks, you will do something very strange with your food. You'll actually eat it.
Cherry pie, cakes, rolls, donuts... not only will you consume it, but you might even stuff your face with it and (omg) speak unintelligibly with your mouth full!
(You can tell am on a... binge at the moment)
Cherry pie, cakes, rolls, donuts... not only will you consume it, but you might even stuff your face with it and (omg) speak unintelligibly with your mouth full!
(You can tell am on a... binge at the moment)
T & P
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Unless it’s the protagonists themselves doing the stakeout, police officers in a patrol car or even plain clothes detectives in a civilian car stationed right outside the residence of someone who’s been threatened by the antagonists will invariably be found with their throats cut or shot in the temple by the lead detective as they go to check out on the hapless civilian under threat.
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