History Quotes / ClicheStorm

->"WHAT'S THIS? THE VAULT HUNTER IS BREAKING INTO TORGUE SECURITY! WHAT A RENEGADE! A [[CowboyCop RENEGADE COP]] WHO DON'T PLAY BY NOBODY'S RULES UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER ASSIGNS HIM [[CanineCompanion A TALKING ROBOT DOG FOR A PARTNER]] WHO HELPS HIM TRACK DOWN [[TheLostLeore THE CRIME SYNDICATE THAT MURDERED HIS FAMILY]] ALL THE WHILE TEACHING HIM [[AnAesop A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE]] IN THE PROCESS THURSDAYS AT NINE!"

->Film/{{Armageddon}}'' reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any?''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert'''

->"WHAT'S THIS? THE VAULT HUNTER IS BREAKING INTO TORGUE SECURITY! WHAT A RENEGADE! A RENEGADE COP WHO DON'T PLAY BY NOBODY'S RULES UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER ASSIGNS HIM A TALKING ROBOT DOG FOR A PARTNER WHO HELPS HIM TRACK DOWN THE CRIME SYNDICATE THAT MURDERED HIS FAMILY ALL THE WHILE TEACHING HIM A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE IN THE PROCESS THURSDAYS AT NINE!"

->In a world... where people live... and die.\\
"Do you think you can just go in there and handle this by yourself!?"\\
"''If that's what it takes.''"\\

"Hello."\\

-> '''Marina:''' [[EvilLaugh GWA HA HA HA!]] [[OneWingedAngel THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!]] [[NothingCanStopUsNow I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!]]\\
'''Pearl:''' OK, enough with the corny villain lines, Marina.
-->-- ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''

'''Zachary''': How should I know, man? It's a sports movie. It's [[UnderdogsNeverLose overcoming odds]], [[SportsDad overbearing dads]], and [[TrainingMontage training montages]]. Does that sound about right to you?\\
'''Che''': ...Yeah, actually.\\
[''cut to movie set where Mav is describing a film exactly like that'']

->[[DiscreditedTrope The gimmicks are all old]]. [[DiscOneFinalBoss The enemy who turns out to be a front of the real enemy]]. [[EvilMentor The mentor who turns out to be your enemy]]. [[FaceHeelTurn The companions who turn on you forcing a showdown]]. [[SadisticChoice The companions who make you choose which of them is going to die]]. [[DarkAndTroubledPast The dark secrets of your companions]]. It was innovative in its time, but it's all been done over and over again.
-->-- [[http://spaceramblings.com/bioware-sucks/ Spaceramblings']] criticism of Creator/BioWare

->There are too many stories about hot elf chicks and poor village boys. Or [[FarmBoy farm boys]], whatever. They all seem to get their [[DoomedHometown villages burned down]] and a [[YouKilledMyFather parent murdered]] here and there by a [[EvilOverlord dark overlord]]. And thus begins another cliche-plot!
-->-- '''[[http://hownottorunacomic.comicgenesis.com/d/19940702.html Soap Committee]]''', ''How Not to Run a Comic''

->[[Film/TheBadNewsBears Bad News Bears]] is the story of Morris Buttermaker, an alcoholic former baseball player who's recruited to coach a team of incompetent misfits. If you guessed that what they really win is a valuable life lesson, step forward and claim your prize.

->It has an orphan, a dame, and a rusty old fighter nobody believed in, and damned if it doesn't play every terrible cliché completely straight.
-->-- [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/real-steel,62913/ Onion A.V. Club]], on Film/RealSteel

->Experience a horror game that [[{{Troperiffic}} crams in every genre and trope it can fit]], like: [[EvilOldFolks creepy old people]]; [[HellHotel abandoned hotels]]; {{abandoned mine}}s; [[BedlamHouse abandoned asylums]]; [[LetsSplitUpGang characters who decides to split up]] [[TooDumbToLive to explore murder dungeons]]; and [[DeathBySex characters that are immediately killed for trying to have sex]].
-->-- ''[[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Honest Game Trailers]]'' about ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''

->Gee, an epic RPG where I have to [[PlotCoupon collect four treasures of the elements]]? I've never heard that one before. (Holds up a copy of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'')
-->-- '''WebVideo/ProJared''', whenever a game does this sort of plot

->If you've ever seen a sci-fi trope ever, it's in this film.

->Meet Gene, the meh emoji. He needs to [[BeYourself believe in himself]], [[TokenRomance get the girl]], [[SavingTheWorld save the world]], and probably some other generic protagonist goals you'll miss while you nap through the second act.

->That's all it is. It's just clichés from kids' movies, romantic comedies, bland adventure tales, with nothing charming or fresh thrown on top of it. You're just watching these clichés play out, and nothing else. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Clichés are fine, we need them once in a while]], but if you're not gonna add anything or give a unique spin on it, it's just...clichés and nothing else.
-->-- '''Creator/DougWalker''' on ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2''

'''Pearl:''' OK, enough with the corny villain lines, Marina.\\

-> '''Marina:''' GWA HA HA HA! [[OneWingedAngel THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!]] [[NothingCanStopUsNow I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!]]\\

'''Marina:''' You know, Pearl. We're {{not so different}}, you and I. This is but phase one of my secret evil plan! Which [[BondVillainStupidity I will now explain in detail...]]

-->--''Series/Boris''

->In a world... where people live... and die.\\\

"''If that's what it takes.''"\\\
He was about to meet his greatest foe.\\\
"Kill them all. ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Alllll of them.]]''"\\\
And a girl.\\\

"Hi."\\\
And a [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief sidekick]] who won't make it to Act III.\\\

-->--''VideoGame/Splatoon2''

-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''{{VideoGame/Indivisible}}''

-->-- [[http://spaceramblings.com/bioware-sucks/ Spaceramblings']] criticism of Creator/BioWare.

->It has an orphan, a dame, and a rusty old fighter nobody believed in, and damned if it doesn’t play every terrible cliché completely straight.

-->--''[[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Honest Game Trailers]]'' about ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''

-->-- '''WebVideo/ProJared''', whenever a game does this sort of plot.

-->--'''Creator/DougWalker''' on ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2''

[[folder:Literature]]

->''The writing was okay, I guess. But I couldn't take it anymore after [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry returned from his first run-in with the Dementors]] to find the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ring Wraiths]] had burned the [[Franchise/StarWars Lars Homestead]].\\\
It seems like I already heard these stories before... only thing is, the names sound different.''
-->-- '''Grandma''', ''Ceremony''

[[/folder]]

->'''Bronn:''' Two knights off to [[SaveThePrincess rescue a princess]]. Sounds like a good song to me.\\
'''Jaime:''' Sounds like all the rest.
-->--''Series/GameOfThrones'', "Sons of the Harpy"

->"You know, you're fast becoming a prey to every cliché-ridden convention in the American West."
-->--'''[[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]''' to Dodo, [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS3E8TheGunfighters}} "The Gunfighters"]]

->"I can see it now: the lonely little girl [[ABoyAndHisX befriended by empathetic aliens who teach her how to smile]]. It's enough to make you go out and buy a television set. ''Next!''"
-->--Pulp writer '''Herbert Ross''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ("[[{{Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E13FarBeyondTheStars}} Far Beyond the Stars]]")

->[[AC:[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters WE ARE THE REAL MONSTERS]]]]\\
[[AC:no, that's the zombies]]
-->-- [[BathroomStallGraffiti Competing graffiti]], ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''

->''Rule #1: Make sure the hero has a cool name, something to signify that he's a bad-ass and one that reflects what he plans to do with the bad guys. ([[AwesomeMcCoolName John Cutter]] -- CHECK!)\\\
Rule #2: Give him a job, one where he's labeled "the best" and make sure it ties into the main conflict of the plot. ([[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Airline securities expert]] -- CHECK!)\\\
Rule #3: Personal baggage. Something that haunts him and either takes him out of the game for awhile (so he can get back on the horse when required) or just so we can parallel a flashback with said horse when the need arises. ([[TheLostLenore His wife was killed as a hostage]] during a convenience store robbery that he was unable to prevent -- CHECK!)''
-->-- '''Erik Childress''' on ''Film/Passenger57''

->''It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney wears a giant fur coat while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]].''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/07/15/millennium-omerta-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/{{Millennium}}'', "Angels living in the woods! Mobsters! Sniper rifle! Christmas! Fur coat! [[TypeCasting Jon Polito!]]"

[[folder:Real Life]]

->''Like the {{Nerd}}s, the {{Surfer|Dude}}s take every bullet-point cliché of a subculture and roll it into one broad representation. The trio are early 90' s So-Cal personified. One of these new faces wears a backwards red baseball cap, [[Music/LimpBizkit Durst]] style, while the other has long, ratty, rocker hair and chequered shorts. Together they resemble Bodhi's gang from ''Film/{{Point Break|1991}}'', with eyes half-lidded in a perpetually stoned droop, and their mouths hanging open in a frozen “no way.”''
-->--'''Stuart Millard''' on ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' ("The Friendship Business"), ''So Excited, So Scared''

[[/folder]]

->''In due course we arrive at the Mirror Scene: ''"She was not even comforted by the sight of her naturally rosy skin, her round shoulders, the hair which fell down to her hips and took four buckets of rain water to wash."'' The Nubile Scene: ''"She had always avoided undressing even in front of other women, because she was ashamed of her breasts, which were [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment large, big and generous]] even for a woman of her build."'' Wisdom Phrases: ''"The dangers of beauty are well known: narcissism, irresponsibility, selfishness."'' Or, ''"Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength."'' [[IceCreamKoan Like Hitler and Stalin?]]''
-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''The Top Ten Best Sellers According to the Sunday New York Times as of January 7, 1973''

->''If the cheap gray suit doesn't tip you off to [[Creator/ChristopherWalken (Christopher) Walken's]] chosen profession, he helpfully waves around the empty coffee cup of [[AndAnotherThing the Shopworn But Still Wily Police Detective.]] I'm surprised he doesn't take a flask from his coat pocket and fill the cup.''
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Film/{{Gigli}}''

->''Hercules'' refuses to show anything that doesn't have a 3000-word TV Tropes page devoted to it; we begin with Herc [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers training a misfit army of villagers into an elite fighting force as seen in countless films]] (there is literally a shot of Ian [=McShane=] teaching them to use a spear exactly like Ash does in ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''). Will the king force his unprepared troops to fight too early against Hercules' advice? Will the army get its collective ass kicked? Will Hercules give them a rousing speech and a training montage, and will they win their next battle? Of course. And then come the two tired 'twists' of the film, which anyone reasonably aware of storytelling will see coming a mile a way. Hell, the movie doesn't even bother to lay the groundwork for them, because they're so insultingly obvious.
-->-- '''[[https://io9.gizmodo.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-a-lie-dont-fall-for-it-1610881361 Rob Bricken]]''' on ''Film/Hercules2014''

->''It’s ironic that a movie based on a superhero whose power is derived from his imagination is so derivative and unimaginative.''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/green-lantern-martin-campbell-2011/ on]] ''Film/GreenLantern''

->Smallville'' is a story you can find many other places, better executed, and without the excess fat. ''Smallville'''s like walking to work when you usually drive. Except it doesn’t get you exercise, and the music sucks.''
-->--'''[=ComicsAlliance=]''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-finale/ on]] ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' ("Finale")

->''If you ever saw a chase scene from ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'', a movie where a guy has to [[BombDisposal disarm a bomb]], or a scene where someone has to [[TheCaper go undercover in a casino]], watch that instead. Nick Wolfe does all those things, and he does it in the most boring way possible. The only fun that can be derived from most of his scenes is [[SerialNumbersFiledOff naming off all the movies his character is ripping off from]] as he speaks.''
-->--''[[http://screamsheet.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/highlander-the-raven/ The Screamsheet]]'' on ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}: The Raven''

->''If you held a gun to the head of the most secluded Eskimo seal farmer and said, "List California stereotypes," you would not be able to distinguish his list from a ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'' Mission FAQ.''\\\
"B-breast implants! Bottled water! T-traffic! '''Please!''' This is no way to write a video game!"
-->--'''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-critics-love-about-gta-v-that-actually-suck/ 5 Things Critics Love About GTAV That Actually Suck]]"

->'''Lupa''': Her father was [[MyGreatestFailure blamed for the operation's failure]]! I just Won Movie Cliche Bingo.\\
'''Cecil''': Damn, you beat me! I just needed [[{{Retirony}} Killed One Week Before Retirement.]]\\
'''Lupa''': I mean, I realize [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools these are all cliches for a reason]], but they're gleaned from multiple sources; it's not like there's one movie with all of these things-- ''until now''.
-->--'''''[[Website/TheAgonyBooth Good Bad Flicks]]''''' and '''Creator/AllisonPregler''' on ''Lethal'' (2005)

->'''Mall Santa:''' I'm [[ThatOneCase not a detective anymore.]]\\
'''Jack:''' ''[watching]'' This is henceforth called ''Everything!: The Movie''.
-->-- ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Christmas Special'' on ''Elves''

->"At this point, the turbolift opens, revealing [[CowboyCop an cop-on-the-edge who doesn't play by the rules]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a greedy corporate big-wig]] looking to get rich by poisoning the water supply, and a skinny black guy whose job it is to say [[UncleTomFoolery 'Dayymn!' and refer to 'My black ass!']]"
-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[{{Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E6Twisted}} Twisted]]"

->'-It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney wears a giant fur coat while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]].''

-->-- '''Adam''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URfbzdgxFmE Sardonicast #1]]''

And a [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief sidekick who won't make it to Act III.\\\

Rule #3: Personal baggage. Something that haunts him and either takes him out of the game for awhile (so he can get back on the horse when required) or just so we can parallel a flashback with said horse when the need arises. ([[TheLostLenore His wife was killed as a hostage]] during a convenience store robbery that he was unable to prevent -- CHECK!)

->Film/{{Armageddon}}'' reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any?

"Kill them all. ''[[Film/StarWarsIIORevengeOfTheSith Alllll of them.]]''"\\\

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film -- Animation]]

->Trust me, this process is so simple you could break out the Crayolas and storyboard the whole thing yourself using nothing more complicated than stick figures and tracings of your own hand. Be warned however, most studio execs don't have the attention span to follow the most energetic and entertaining of storyboard pitches for more than three minutes before they start checking their Blackberries for their lunch reservations. The good news is these story elements are so tried and true (translation: stale) that even the simplest of readers will get it and enthusiastically pass it along to their boss, who still won't read it but will take credit for all the amusing gags once he sees the completed picture.
-->--Writer '''Paul Dini''', [[http://kingofbreakfast.livejournal.com/72294.html describing cliches]] of animated features (mostly referring to the early 90's Creator/{{Disney}} features)

->The writing was okay, I guess. But I couldn't take it anymore after [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry returned from his first run-in with the Dementors]] to find the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ring Wraiths]] had burned the [[Franchise/StarWars Lars Homestead]].\\\
It seems like I already heard these stories before... only thing is, the names sound different.

->You know, you're fast becoming a prey to every cliché-ridden convention in the American West.

->I can see it now: the lonely little girl [[ABoyAndHisX befriended by empathetic aliens who teach her how to smile]]. It's enough to make you go out and buy a television set. Next!

-->--Series/Boris

->The catalogue of clichés and obvious situations is as long as the play, which seemed endless. At each rise of the curtain it was possible not only to anticipate the argument but the phrasing of the lines. Probably the only thing that kept the audience from chanting the speeches with the actors was the incurable optimism implicit in theatregoing which engenders the hope that the author just could not dare to use such familiar stuff: 'Doctor, [[SoapOperaDisease he's just got to get well!]]' -- 'Go ahead, son, [[ManlyTears every man has to cry sometime]],' etc.

->In due course we arrive at the Mirror Scene: ''"She was not even comforted by the sight of her naturally rosy skin, her round shoulders, the hair which fell down to her hips and took four buckets of rain water to wash."'' The Nubile Scene: ''"She had always avoided undressing even in front of other women, because she was ashamed of her breasts, which were [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment large, big and generous]] even for a woman of her build."'' Wisdom Phrases: ''"The dangers of beauty are well known: narcissism, irresponsibility, selfishness."'' Or, ''"Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength."'' [[IceCreamKoan Like Hitler and Stalin?]]

->I had already taken in a Deanna Durbin musical and had just settled down miserably to a 1938 Warner Brothers gangster movie called ''Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces''. Then it happened. Midway through the first reel, one of the supporting players snarled, ''"Them rotten coppers [[TemptingFate will never get Rocky Sullivan]]--[[PrideBeforeAFall he's too smart for them]],"'' and at that instant I knew, as if by magic, everything that was going to take place during the rest of the movie, right down to that final scene where Rocky Sullivan would be dragged screaming to the electric chair... it suddenly dawned on me that the early scenes of virtually every Hollywood movie of that era contained a similar moment of précis--a brief exchange of dialogue, or, in some instances, merely one line, that [[CaptainObviousReveal gave away the entire film]]... Once the experienced viewer extracted this essence he could switch off his set and go to bed, where simply by adding a generous amount of mental hot water he could turn it into a full-length feature, creating what I've lately come to think of as the Instant Movie, a potion that can be consumed in two or three fast gulps just before sleep.

->''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any?

->WHAT'S THIS? THE VAULT HUNTER IS BREAKING INTO TORGUE SECURITY! WHAT A RENEGADE! A RENEGADE COP WHO DON'T PLAY BY NOBODY'S RULES UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER ASSIGNS HIM A TALKING ROBOT DOG FOR A PARTNER WHO HELPS HIM TRACK DOWN THE CRIME SYNDICATE THAT MURDERED HIS FAMILY ALL THE WHILE TEACHING HIM A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE IN THE PROCESS THURSDAYS AT NINE!

->In a world... where people live... and die.
-->"Do you think you can just go in there and handle this by yourself!?"
-->"If that's what it takes."
->He was about to meet his greatest foe.
-->"Kill them all. Alllll of them"
->And a girl.
-->"Hello."
-->"Hi."
->And a [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] [[{{Sidekick}} sidekick]] [[ShooOutTheClowns who won't make it to Act III]].
-->"I picked the wrong month to cancel my life insurance."
-->"No, don't say that. [[TemptingFate You're going to make it.]]"
->With a guy from that other movie that was slightly popular and whats-her-name from that show you sometimes watch, in a movie with spectacular CGI battle-sequences, and [[NeverTrustATrailer an advertising campaign]] that will leave you no choice but to see this film. See it, because it's a movie, and all your friends are going. In theaters Friday and on DVD in three months.

-> '''Marina:''' [[EvilLaugh GWA HA HA HA!]] [[OneWingedAngel THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!]]
-> '''Pearl:''' ...
-> '''Marina:''' [[NothingCanStopUsNow I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!]]
-> '''Pearl:''' [[LampshadeHanging OK, enough with the corny villain lines, Marina.]]
-> '''Marina:''' [[NotSoDifferent You know, Pearl. We're not so different, you and I.]]
-> '''Pearl:''' ...
-> '''Marina:''' [[YouCantThwartStageOne This is but phase one of my secret evil plan!]] [[JustBetweenYouAndMe Which I will now explain in detail...]]

->Shall I put us down for Standard [[EasternRPG RPG Fantasy]] package A-12, then? Please direct me to the first of several [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld teenagers]] we will be enlisting to aid us in [[KillTheGod murdering God.]]

->'''Rule #1''': Make sure the hero has a cool name, something to signify that he's a bad-ass and one that reflects what he plans to do with the bad guys. ([[AwesomeMcCoolName John Cutter]] -- '''CHECK!''')\\\
'''Rule #2''': Give him a job, one where he's labeled "the best" and make sure it ties into the main conflict of the plot. ([[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Airline securities expert]] -- '''CHECK!''')\\\
'''Rule #3''': Personal baggage. Something that haunts him and either takes him out of the game for awhile (so he can get back on the horse when required) or just so we can parallel a flashback with said horse when the need arises. ([[TheLostLenore His wife was killed as a hostage]] during a convenience store robbery that he was unable to prevent -- '''CHECK!''')
-->-- '''Erik Childress''', "[[Film/Passenger57 Die Hard on a Roulette Wheel]]"

->If the cheap gray suit doesn't tip you off to [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Walken's]] chosen profession, he helpfully waves around the empty coffee cup of [[AndAnotherThing the Shopworn But Still Wily Police Detective.]] I'm surprised he doesn't take a flask from his coat pocket and fill the cup.
-->-- ''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''' on ''Film/{{Gigli}}''

->It’s ironic that a movie based on a superhero whose power is derived from his imagination is so derivative and unimaginative.

->''Smallville'' is a story you can find many other places, better executed, and without the excess fat. ''Smallville'''s like walking to work when you usually drive. Except it doesn’t get you exercise, and the music sucks.

->If you ever saw a chase scene from ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'', a movie where a guy has to [[BombDisposal disarm a bomb]], or a scene where someone has to [[TheCaper go undercover in a casino]], watch that instead. Nick Wolfe does all those things, and he does it in the most boring way possible. The only fun that can be derived from most of his scenes is [[SerialNumbersFiledOff naming off all the movies his character is ripping off from]] as he speaks.

->It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney wears a giant fur coat while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]].

->Cop woman’s got a schizophrenic younger sister (we know she’s schizophrenic via the highly original and unclunky line'' “have you gone off your meds again?”'') ...Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that on TV before.\\\
The woman cop finds out that her rebellious younger sister is doing porn by happening to raid the place where she happens to be doing porn. So that’s not contrived at all.\\\
We later learn of the underlying problem with Cop Woman's life, and guess what... it all traces back to a man! Guess which man. Go on, guess. Yep, you guessed it: [[WellDoneSonGuy Daddy.]] She’s got Daddy issues! Colour me fucking astonished.
-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/oh-fuck-off/ Jack Graham]]''' on Season 2 of ''Series/TrueDetective''

->I remember Creator/RussellTDavies discussing how he insisted on anchoring ''Doctor Who'' in reality, to ensure that the show kept one foot in the real world show that the audience had something that they could buy into. That they could relate to. He didn't want lots of stories set on dull planets that failed to connect to people. That's probably why he got rid of Gallifrey in the first place. And what a sound creative decision that was in my eyes...Otherwise it is simply a [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas terrifically boring stock SF planet full of pompous characters spouting stilted dialogue]] involving a horrific amount of {{technobabble}}
-->'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/hell-bent-written-by-steven-moffat-and.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]]

->If you held a gun to the head of the most secluded Eskimo seal farmer and said, "List California stereotypes," you would not be able to distinguish his list from a ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'' Mission FAQ. ''"B-breast implants! Bottled water! T-traffic! '''Please!''' This is no way to write a video game!"''

'''Lupa''': I mean, I realize [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools these are all cliches for a reason]], but they're gleaned from multiple sources; it's not like there's ''one'' movie with ''all'' of these things... '''until now'''.

'''Jack:''' ''(watching)'' This is henceforth called ''Everything!: The Movie''.

->At this point the turbolift opens, revealing [[CowboyCop an cop-on-the-edge who doesn't play by the rules]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a greedy corporate big-wig]] looking to get rich by poisoning the water supply, and a skinny black guy whose job it is to say [[UncleTomFoolery 'Dayymn!' and refer to 'My black ass!']]

->Flo Rida rattles off a stream-of-consciousness string of [[TotallyRadical derivative club dance buzzwords]], dutifully namechecking the fact that [[ConspicuousConsumption he has a private jet, that 'bottles' and 'models' are present and that he has literally so much money he doesn’t know what to do with it all]] to the point he doesn’t even sound enthusiastic about it.
-->--'''John Marsfeder''', [[http://c4ss.org/content/23006 "Dancing in the Ruins of the Western World"]]

->WHOA WAIT A SECOND!
-->-- '''[[RunningGag ProJared]]''' when he realizes that ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'' shares a similar plot to the game's he holding up.

->Like the {{Nerd}}s, the {{Surfer|Dude}}s take every bullet-point cliché of a subculture and roll it into one broad representation. The trio are early 90' s So-Cal personified. One of these new faces wears a backwards red baseball cap, [[Music/LimpBizkit Durst]] style, while the other has long, ratty, rocker hair and chequered shorts. Together they resemble Bodhi's gang from ''Film/{{Point Break|1991}}'', with eyes half-lidded in a perpetually stoned droop, and their mouths hanging open in a frozen “no way.”

-->-- The [[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Honest Trailer]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie''

-->--'''Creator/DougWalker''' on ''Disney/BrotherBear2''

->''Smallville'' is a story you can find many other places, better executed, and without the excess fat. ''Smallville'''s like walking to work when you usually drive. Except it doesn’t get you exercise, and the music sucks]]

'''Lupa''': I mean, I realize [[TropesAreNotBad these are all cliches for a reason]], but they're gleaned from multiple sources; it's not like there's ''one'' movie with ''all'' of these things... '''until now'''.

->That's all it is. It's just clichés from kids' movies, romantic comedies, bland adventure tales, with nothing charming or fresh thrown on top of it. You're just watching these clichés play out, and nothing else. [[TropesAreTools Clichés are fine, we need them once in a while]], but if you're not gonna add anything or give a unique spin on it, it's just...clichés and nothing else.

->"Trust me, this process is so simple you could break out the Crayolas and storyboard the whole thing yourself using nothing more complicated than stick figures and tracings of your own hand. Be warned however, most studio execs don't have the attention span to follow the most energetic and entertaining of storyboard pitches for more than three minutes before they start checking their Blackberries for their lunch reservations. The good news is these story elements are so tried and true (translation: stale) that even the simplest of readers will get it and enthusiastically pass it along to their boss, who still won't read it but will take credit for all the amusing gags once he sees the completed picture."

->"That's all it is. It's just clichés from kids' movies, romantic comedies, bland adventure tales, with nothing charming or fresh thrown on top of it. You're just watching these clichés play out, and nothing else. [[TropesAreTools Clichés are fine, we need them once in a while]], but if you're not gonna add anything or give a unique spin on it, it's just...clichés and nothing else."
-->--'''Creator/DougWalker''' on ''Disney/BrotherBear2''

->''"The writing was okay, I guess. But I couldn't take it anymore after [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry returned from his first run-in with the Dementors]] to find the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ring Wraiths]] had burned the [[Franchise/StarWars Lars Homestead]].\\\
It seems like I already heard these stories before... only thing is, the names sound different."''

->'''Bronn:''' Two knights off to [[SaveThePrincess rescue a princess]]. Sounds like a great song.\\
'''Jaime:''' Sounds like all of them.
-->--''Series/GameOfThrones''

->''"You know, you're fast becoming a prey to every cliché-ridden convention in the American West."''

->''"I can see it now: the lonely little girl [[ABoyAndHisX befriended by empathetic aliens who teach her how to smile]]. It's enough to make you go out and buy a television set. ''Next!''"''

->''"The catalogue of clichés and obvious situations is as long as the play, which seemed endless. At each rise of the curtain it was possible not only to anticipate the argument but the phrasing of the lines. Probably the only thing that kept the audience from [[FinishingEachOthersSentences chanting the speeches with the actors]] was the [[YankTheDogsChain incurable optimism]] implicit in theatregoing which engenders the hope that the author just could not dare to use such familiar stuff: 'Doctor, [[SoapOperaDisease he's just got to get well!]]' -- 'Go ahead, son, [[ManlyTears every man has to cry sometime]],' etc."''

->''"In due course we arrive at the Mirror Scene: ''"She was not even comforted by the sight of [[MaleGaze her naturally rosy skin, her round shoulders, the hair which fell down to her hips and took four buckets of rain water to wash]]."'' The Nubile Scene: ''"She had always avoided undressing even in front of other women, [[SoBeautifulItsACurse because she was ashamed of her breasts]], which were [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment large, big and generous]] even for a woman of her build."'' Wisdom Phrases: ''"The dangers of beauty are well known: narcissism, irresponsibility, selfishness."'' Or, ''"[[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength.]]"'' [[IceCreamKoan Like Hitler and Stalin?]]"''

->''"I had already taken in a Deanna Durbin musical and had just settled down miserably to a 1938 Warner Brothers gangster movie called ''Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces''. Then it happened. Midway through the first reel, one of the supporting players snarled, ''"Them rotten coppers [[TemptingFate will never get Rocky Sullivan]]--[[PrideBeforeAFall he's too smart for them]],"'' and at that instant I knew, as if by magic, everything that was going to take place during the rest of the movie, right down to that final scene where Rocky Sullivan would be dragged screaming to the electric chair... it suddenly dawned on me that the early scenes of virtually every Hollywood movie of that era contained a similar moment of précis--a brief exchange of dialogue, or, in some instances, merely one line, that [[CaptainObviousReveal gave away the entire film]]... Once the experienced viewer extracted this essence he could switch off his set and go to bed, where simply by adding a generous amount of mental hot water he could turn it into a full-length feature, creating what I've lately come to think of as the Instant Movie, a potion that can be consumed in two or three fast gulps just before sleep."''

->''"''Film/{{Armageddon}} ''reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any?"''

->''"WHAT'S THIS? THE VAULT HUNTER IS BREAKING INTO TORGUE SECURITY! WHAT A RENEGADE! A RENEGADE COP WHO DON'T PLAY BY NOBODY'S RULES UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER ASSIGNS HIM A TALKING ROBOT DOG FOR A PARTNER WHO HELPS HIM TRACK DOWN THE CRIME SYNDICATE THAT MURDERED HIS FAMILY ALL THE WHILE TEACHING HIM A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE IN THE PROCESS THURSDAYS AT NINE!"''

->''"'''Rule #1''': Make sure the hero has a cool name, something to signify that he's a bad-ass and one that reflects what he plans to do with the bad guys. ([[AwesomeMcCoolName John Cutter]] -- '''CHECK!''')\\\

'''Rule #3''': Personal baggage. Something that haunts him and either takes him out of the game for awhile (so he can get back on the horse when required) or just so we can parallel a flashback with said horse when the need arises. ([[TheLostLenore His wife was killed as a hostage]] during a convenience store robbery that he was unable to prevent -- '''CHECK!''')"''

->''"If the cheap gray suit doesn't tip you off to [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Walken's]] chosen profession, he helpfully waves around the empty coffee cup of [[AndAnotherThing the Shopworn But Still Wily Police Detective.]] I'm surprised he doesn't take a flask from his coat pocket and fill the cup."''
-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''' on ''Film/{{Gigli}}''

->''"One day this hot babe shows up and is like, 'Yo. Hercules. My dad, Creator/JohnHurt, is getting totally douched by this warlord. We'll pay you mad gold nuggets if you come help. Also, centaurs are real.' So Hercules is like fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, even though Hercules is getting too old for this shit, and they bop over to Thrace in their hero-chariots to do John Hurt a solid... Of course John Hurt immediately looks at the girl one and goes, 'I fear that the task ahead might not be suitable for a woman,' so she's like oh yeah? BOOSH. And she shoots an arrow really good. And John Hurt's eyebrows are all, 'What sorcery is this!?!? It looks like a woman, but it [[YouGotSpunk acts like a human being, kind of]]!' And Hercules is like [pat, pat] on her widdle head."''
-->--'''[[http://jezebel.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-bullshit-and-i-will-never-for-1611083867 Lindy West]]''', "Creator/BrettRatner's ''{{Film/Hercules|2014}}'' Is Bullshit and I Will Never Forgive Him"

->''"And then the clichés begin. Hercules refuses to show anything that doesn't have a 3000-word TV Tropes page devoted to it; we begin with Herc [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers training a misfit army of villagers into an elite fighting force as seen in countless films]] (there is literally a shot of Ian [=McShane=] teaching them to use a spear exactly like Ash does in ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''). Will the king force his unprepared troops to fight too early against Hercules' advice? Will the army get its collective ass kicked? Will Hercules give them a rousing speech and a training montage, and will they win their next battle? Of course. And then come the two tired 'twists' of the film, which anyone reasonably aware of storytelling will see coming a mile a way. Hell, the movie doesn't even bother to lay the groundwork for them, because they're so insultingly obvious."''

->''"It’s ironic that a movie based on a superhero who’s [''sic''] power is derived from his imagination is so [[FollowTheLeader derivative and unimaginative]]."''

->''"''Smallville'' is a story you can find many other places, better executed, and without the excess fat. ''Smallville''[='=]s like walking to work when you usually drive. [[{{Dissimile}} Except it doesn’t get you exercise, and the music sucks]]."''

->''"If you ever saw a chase scene from ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'', a movie where a guy has to [[BombDisposal disarm a bomb]], or a scene where someone has to [[TheCaper go undercover in a casino]], watch that instead. Nick Wolfe does all those things, and he does it in the most boring way possible. The only fun that can be derived from most of his scenes is [[SerialNumbersFiledOff naming off all the movies his character is ripping off from]] as he speaks."''

->''"It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney wears a giant fur coat while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]].

->''"Cop woman’s got a schizophrenic younger sister (we know she’s schizophrenic via the highly original and unclunky line'' “have you gone off your meds again?”'') ...Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that on TV before.\\\

We later learn of the underlying problem with Cop Woman's life, and guess what... it all traces back to a man! Guess which man. Go on, guess. Yep, you guessed it: [[WellDoneSonGuy Daddy.]] She’s got Daddy issues! Colour me fucking astonished."''

->''"I remember Creator/RussellTDavies discussing how he insisted on anchoring ''Doctor Who'' in reality, to ensure that the show kept one foot in the real world show that the audience had something that they could buy into. That they could relate to. He didn't want lots of stories set on dull planets that failed to connect to people. That's probably why he got rid of Gallifrey in the first place. And what a sound creative decision that was in my eyes. Gallifrey has only ever really worked in one story for me ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]") and in that story it was [[SugarApocalypse perversely playing against type]]...Otherwise it is simply a [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas terrifically boring stock SF planet full of pompous characters spouting stilted dialogue]] involving a horrific amount of {{technobabble}}."''

->''"If you held a gun to the head of the most secluded Eskimo seal farmer and said, "List California stereotypes," you would not be able to distinguish his list from a ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'' Mission FAQ. ''[='=]B-breast implants! Bottled water! T-traffic! '''Please!''' This is no way to write a video game![='=]''"''

->''"[[DiscreditedTrope The gimmicks are all old]]. [[DiscOneFinalBoss The enemy who turns out to be a front of the real enemy]]. [[EvilMentor The mentor who turns out to be your enemy]]. [[FaceHeelTurn The companions who turn on you forcing a showdown]]. [[SadisticChoice The companions who make you choose which of them is going to die]]. [[DarkAndTroubledPast The dark secrets of your companions]]. It was innovative in its time, but it's all been done over and over again."''

->''"There are too many stories about hot elf chicks and poor village boys. Or [[FarmBoy farm boys]], whatever. They all seem to get their [[DoomedHometown villages burned down]] and a [[YouKilledMyFather parent murdered]] here and there by a [[EvilOverlord dark overlord]]. And thus begins another cliche-plot!"''

->''"[[Film/TheBadNewsBears Bad News Bears]] is the story of Morris Buttermaker, an alcoholic former baseball player who's recruited to coach a team of incompetent misfits. If you guessed that what they really win is a valuable life lesson, step forward and claim your prize."''

->''"It has an orphan, a dame, and a rusty old fighter nobody believed in, and damned if it doesn’t play every terrible cliché completely straight."''

->"Experience a horror game that [[{{Troperiffic}} crams in every genre and trope it can fit]], like: [[EvilOldFolks creepy old people]]; [[HellHotel abandoned hotels]]; {{abandoned mine}}s; [[BedlamHouse abandoned asylums]]; [[LetsSplitUpGang characters who decides to split up]] [[TooDumbToLive to explore murder dungeons]]; and [[DeathBySex characters that are immediately killed for trying to have sex]]."

->''Gee, an epic RPG where I have to [[PlotCoupon collect four treasures of the elements]]? I've never heard that one before.'' (Holds up a copy of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'')

->''WOAH WAIT A SECOND!''

->''"If you've ever seen a sci-fi trope ever, it's in this film."''

->''"Meet Gene, the meh emoji. He needs to [[BeYourself believe in himself]], [[TokenRomance get the girl]], [[SavingTheWorld save the world]], and probably some other generic protagonist goals you'll miss while you nap through the second act."''

->''"''Smallville'' is a story you can find many other places, better executed, and without the excess fat. ''Smallville''[='=]s like walking to work when you usually drive. Except [[InsultToRocks it doesn’t get you exercise, and the music sucks]]."''

->''"[[DiscreditedTrope The gimmicks are all old.]] [[ManBehindTheMan The enemy who turns out to be a front of the real enemy.]] [[EvilMentor The mentor who turns out to be your enemy.]] [[FaceHeelTurn The companions who turn on you forcing a showdown.]] [[SadisticChoice The companions who make you choose which of them is going to die.]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast The dark secrets of your companions.]] It was innovative in its time, but it's all been done over and over again."''

'''Screenwriter C:''' Bewildered \\
'''Screenwriter B:''' ''stare at the keyboard''.\\

'''Screenwriter B:''' ''shakes head''.\\

'''Screenwriter B:''' ''presses F4''.

'''Screenwriter A:''' Astonished\\
'''Screenwriter B:''' F4\\
'''Screenwriter C:''' Fade screen to black\\
'''Screenwriter B:''' F7\\

'''Screenwriter B:''' ''stare at the keyboard''\\

'''Screenwriter B:''' ''shakes head''\\
'''Screenwriter C:''' Astonished\\
'''Screenwriter B:''' ''presses F4''

'''Screenwriter A:''' Astonished\\

->''"In due course we arrive at the Mirror Scene: ''"She was not even comforted by the sight of her naturally rosy skin, her round shoulders, the hair which fell down to her hips and took four buckets of rain water to wash."'' The Nubile Scene: ''"She had always avoided undressing even in front of other women, because she was ashamed of her breasts, which were [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment large, big and generous]] even for a woman of her build."'' Wisdom Phrases: ''"The dangers of beauty are well known: narcissism, irresponsibility, selfishness."'' Or, ''"Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength."'' [[IceCreamKoan Like Hitler and Stalin?]]"''