History Main / ThingsAreMoreEffectiveInHollywood

* '''[[HollywoodWebcam Webcams]]''': In fiction, webcams always have high resolution, never have lag, and the character's face is never distorted even when the computer is shown at an angle. In reality, webcams can have low resolution and lag, and people will look distorted when viewing the screen at an angle.

* '''[[HollywoodWebcam Webcams]]''': Webcams always have high resolution, never have lag, and the character's face is never distorted even when the computer is shown at an angle.

* '''[[HollywoodWebcam Webcams]]]''': Webcams always have high resolution, never have lag, and the character's face is never distorted even when the computer is shown at an angle.

* '''CoolGuns''' (including all trope sub-types like the HandCannon): If a fictional character, be it hero or villain, expect it to be a million times more practical (and reliable) in a gunfight that it would actually be in RealLife. The weapons will inevitably (unless it's a plot point PlayedForDrama[=/=]"realism" or PlayedForLaughs) have BottomlessMagazines, never jam, have very manageable recoils, and can be purchased over the counter even by people who can barely feed themselves or wouldn't pass a firearms exam ''ever'' (and some who can HandWave part of this, like military or cops, just ''wouldn't'' have access to them still because of standardization).

* '''[[CPRCleanPrettyReliable CPR]]''': In fiction, CPR (or mouth-to-mouth) is portrayed as 100% effective and can revive anyone. In reality though, the success rate for a typical bystander doing it is only 8%, and even with proper equipment chances only increase to 37%.

* '''[[PerfectPoison Poisons]]''': Real-life poisons are slow to act and effective only when the victim is given enough (which is hard to achieve, since most poisons taste horrible and they'll likely spit it out). In fiction, though, one drop is enough to make anyone drop dead immediately, or slowly have very visible and dramatic veins spreading across the body.

* '''[[SoftWater Water]]''': Water can be useful at reducing fall damage both in real life and in fiction, but only ''up to a certain point''. Due to water tension, if you jump into a body of water from many stories above, you might as well be landing on concrete, but in fiction there is no limit to how high you can fall from -- the water will still stop you from going ker-splat.

Compare AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe. See also MugglesDoItBetter, which is when ordinary weapons are portrayed as far more effective than the {{Phlebotinum}} used in the show.

* '''Noise-Cancelling Headphones''': Fictional headphones can cancel all noise, creating complete silence. In reality they can only cancel continuous emitting sounds such as buzzing or humming and are ineffective at almost any other sound, such as people talking, music playing and so on.