29 Overused Movie Cliches That Put Us To Sleep
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Let's face it, being a writer is hard. Coming up with original ideas, plot hooks and story structures is taxing, especially given the volume of content that is being released daily into the cultural ether. Even thousands of years ago we were being advised that there was nothing new under the sun.
So who can blame a writer's room for churning out the occasional cliche or trope? Well, as a matter fact, we can. We did a deep dive on nearly thirty movie cliches that simply must be retired.
For example, according to Hollywood, a scientist is a person that likes to unsafely touch dangerous and alien things with their hands. Would a real scientist ever do something like that? Unlikely. But hey, the plot has to progress somehow, who cares if it makes zero sense.
Curious? Here are 29 overused movie cliches and tropes we're getting really tired of seeing:
![TELL US NOW. ... Emily D.'s tired of restaurant staff with perfect memories. OPEN Waiters/bartenders always seem to remember some average-looking person they served a week ago. No. You are too busy to even see faces, let alone remember them several days later with minimal effort. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/1/820821.jpg)
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![... TELL US NOW. Stick to ONE volume for the whole movie! GRACKED Katt В. hates playing the volume game. I don't want to have to interact this much with a movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/0/820820.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM Your go-to energy source in every Superman single sci-fi Star Trek film: Crystals! Star Wars](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/2/820822.jpg)
![Prequels trying to tie every single character CRACKED.COM together too early. Built by Anakin Brother to every stormtrooper Star Wars Episode Was on Queen I and II Amidala's ship](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/3/820823.jpg)
![Whenever characters tell each other things they already know THIS IS WHY UNOBTAINIUM. WE'RE HERE. BECAUSE THIS LITTLE GRAY ROCK SELLS FOR 20 MILLION A KILO. I know it's actually the filmmakers awkwardly telling those things to me. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/7/820817.jpg)
![In the movies, accountants are painfully dull and boring and REALLY love their jobs. Shallow Grave Ghosbusters Stranger Than Fiction CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/9/820819.jpg)
![White Dude Goes Native Saves The Day CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/8/820818.jpg)
![TELL US NOW. ... Shows get computer work wrong, says Christopher F. They never show those moments where you stop everything you're doing to go Google whatever you're doing for premade code. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/6/820806.jpg)
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![Everyone in a post-apocalyptic world is healthy and strong despite the lack of food. Mad Max Waterworld The Book of Eli Future World CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/1/820811.jpg)
![Animated movies have been using dead, dying, or missing parents for character development since at least 1938. Ding FROZEN FINDING NEMO RATATOUILLE THE GOOD DINOSAUR LION KING Aladdin Disney MERMAID Disney TARZAN 111 Bambi Cinderella SnowWhite - Disney Beauty Beast It's time to leave this idea behind. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/6/820816.jpg)
![GAME OF THRONES It's freezing outside, yet none of the characters are wearing anything on their heads/ears. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/5/820805.jpg)
![Contact The Da Vinci Code Cold Mountain Known fact: an albino is evil The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean The Matrix Reloaded The Passion of the Christ Satan himself is an albino GRAGKED.COM There's only one thing more evil: two albinos](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/8/820798.jpg)
![In real life, even after single-minded perseverance to grueling training with an insightful mentor, the Underdog might get his ass kicked. GRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/4/820804.jpg)
![IF THERE IS A REALITY SIMULATOR, SOMEONE WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH A SIMULATION. STAR TRER THE NEXT GENERATION Season 1, Episode 14 11001001 Minuet and Riker. STAR TREK VOYAGER Season 3, Episode 14 Alter Ego Kim and Marayna. THE ORVILLE Season 2, Episode 11 Lasting Impressions Gordon and Laura. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/5/820815.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM WHEN I THOUGHT то MYSELF, MAN, THERE SURE ARE A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/5/820795.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Dr. Evil Voldemort Ming the Merciless Before choosing to become evil, consider hair transplants. Lex Luthor Mr. Freeze Nero Gollum Cypher](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/9/820799.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM 6:39 12 minutes later... 0:06](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/3/820813.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM In science fiction, space suits are fitted with light bulbs shining on the characters' faces. Somehow, this doesn't affect their sight. Star Trek Man of Steel The Passengers](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/0/820810.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM When characters say something like: The Cable Guy Scream This is not a movie. This is real life! It reminds me that they ARE in fact in a movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/7/820797.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Movie Magic Memo to Police Chiefs: Da STE Make that insubordinate alcoholic Loose Cannon Cop turn in his badge and gun. Once you've taken him off the investigation, he'll be free to act outside of the Law to solve the complicated case. And he will see that Justice is done in the end.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/2/820802.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM USING FORCE FIELDS AS JAIL CELLS IS DUMB. THE PHANTOM MENACE STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Sure, force fields look cool and futuristic, but they're completely impractical. Why would you ever put a prisoner in a cell that would set them loose if the power went out?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/2/820812.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM 51 29 When an actress's age is completely inappropriate as either a love interest or a mother. 38 32](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/1/820801.jpg)
![TAKEN FROM THE SCREEN MEDICAL PRACTITIONER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA* CPR will only work if you get angry and shout at the victim. Acceptable phrases: Wake up! wake up! Come back to me God-damn it! Live, damn it! Don't leave me Don't you dare quit on me! *made up book CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/8/820808.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM BLADE TRINITY CAPTAIN MARVEL THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The cute creature is really a horrible monster gag has become too stale to keep getting the use it does.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/6/820796.jpg)
![WHEN A CHARACTER, WHO IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A LESS ATTRACTIVE GUY LIKE FRED FROM DROP DEAD DIVA TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT. THE ILLUSION IS INSTANTLY BROKEN, AND YOU REVERT BACK TO REALITY WHERE НЕ IS AN ACTOR WITH RIPPED ABS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/9/820809.jpg)
![Not Every Ensemble Needs an Idiot CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/4/820814.jpg)
![When 'Scientists' forget that they are scientists and stick their hands where they don't belong, just to advance the plot. MILLBA - PROMETHEUS A STIC FANT CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/0/820800.jpg)
![I can't unsee the weird things done to car interiors to accommodate filming: ted-2 Where's your rear view mirror? KNOCKED UP Where's your headrest? COLLATERAL A3 ЗОИАНО 00.22 Is that a glow-stick in your lap? CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/3/820803.jpg)
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