WolfCat67 wrote:

The top of the candy cane breaking off as you attempt to open it

Oh wait, this is for books and movies

Um… The good ol' “antagonist looks like they're switching sides but oh wait aww man they attacked the character while right next to them”

• Bonus points if it's handled in a very patronising and over-simplified way
  
• Double points if our main character(s) solve the whole thing
  
• Triple points if all it takes to solve it is a small conversation or inspiring speech
  
• Quadruple points if the main characters are all humans and/or if there are minorities in the group (this still counts if there's like one token character and/or one character belonging to the species/race involved)
  

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

plants > animals

calulord wrote:

Stock villain motives:
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TheEnderQueen wrote:

so a huge cliche for me is orphans being the main character, just because it seems like an easy way to give the mc some pain and to get rid of writing parents. just keep them alive, or have one dead, but have them abandon the mc! its much better than “oh they're dead” and half the time the mc doesnt even care

owlannaelsa wrote:

TheEnderQueen wrote:

so a huge cliche for me is orphans being the main character, just because it seems like an easy way to give the mc some pain and to get rid of writing parents. just keep them alive, or have one dead, but have them abandon the mc! its much better than “oh they're dead” and half the time the mc doesnt even care

Oliver Twist in a nutshell.

jromagnoli wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

TheEnderQueen wrote:

so a huge cliche for me is orphans being the main character, just because it seems like an easy way to give the mc some pain and to get rid of writing parents. just keep them alive, or have one dead, but have them abandon the mc! its much better than “oh they're dead” and half the time the mc doesnt even care

Oliver Twist in a nutshell.

Except Oliver Twist was the one that popularized the trope and did it really well, so it doesn't really count.

owlannaelsa wrote:

Mice LOVE cheese

gigamushroom wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

Mice LOVE cheese

And elephants are afraid of mice. And elephants love peanuts. And peanuts are served on airplanes. And airplanes… Well, you see where I’m going with this…

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

The hero always wins and there's always a happy ending.

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

The hero always wins and there's always a happy ending.

The hero doesn't always win, nor is there always a happy ending. Yeah, in a lot of feel-good entertainment the hero will inevitably come out on top and everything's concluded neatly but here are many works that don't end nicely. Sometimes a writer just wants to explore failure or create a message through it, some works are never even about the protagonist succeeding at their goals but in fact focus on the emotional journey towards them.

Smiley100P wrote:

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

The hero always wins and there's always a happy ending.

The hero doesn't always win, nor is there always a happy ending. Yeah, in a lot of feel-good entertainment the hero will inevitably come out on top and everything's concluded neatly but here are many works that don't end nicely. Sometimes a writer just wants to explore failure or create a message through it, some works are never even about the protagonist succeeding at their goals but in fact focus on the emotional journey towards them.

Individual episodes in a TV show or book in particular tend to do this quite a bit. I in particular love to make my protagonists lose quite a bit.

KidoftheEnder45 wrote:

A buff goon picks the hero up by the throat/ etc. and has the perfect moment to end him right then and there.




Throws him across the room instead.

Dabzers wrote:

gigamushroom wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

Mice LOVE cheese

And elephants are afraid of mice. And elephants love peanuts. And peanuts are served on airplanes. And airplanes… Well, you see where I’m going with this…

Airplanes eat mice.

PrincessPandaLover wrote:

Wow, this topic spits out totally normal tropes that I can find on TV Tropes quickly.