30 Trivia Tidbits About TV and Movie Tropes

Even though two movies seem totally different on the surface, their shared trope can have them telling pretty much the same story. Moana and Neo both share “the chosen one” trope, but their tales were told in such unique ways that one would never be seen as a rip-off of the other. 

Some storytellers, however, aren’t so original. They use tropes in lieu of originality. It’s like how the force in Star Wars can be used for good or evil. 

Look at that! We just used a trope ourselves.

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