14 Movie And TV Tropes (So Common We Can Chart Them)

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14 Movie And TV Tropes (So Common We Can Chart Them)

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The creative types behind popular movies and shows like to think they're being fresh and original. As it turns out, though, they're all working from the same boring, hack playbook. In fact, movie and TV plots have become so predictable that you can tell exactly what's coming.

Here's how:

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