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13	->'''Parrot:''' Squawk! Aye-aye, Cap'n!\
14	'''Black Jack:''' Don't you just love clichés?
15	-->-- ''Series/Charmed1998'', "[[Recap/CharmedS7E4Charrrmed Charrrmed!]]" [sic]
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17	You are watching something, and it strikes you that you have heard every single line of this somewhere else. Every trope is presented without irony or [[LampshadeHanging acknowledgment]]. ''All'' the situations and setups are [[{{Cliche}} clipped out of another story and pasted in as-is]].
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19	You are in a '''Cliché Storm'''. Do not worry. The pain will soon pass. A bug will soon scrag the [[EnsignNewbie inept Lieutenant]]. Security will soon come to the perimeter. [[HoldTheLine The line will soon be held]]. It will be over, soon.
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21	Remember, this is [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not a bad thing]]; originality and greatness aren't necessarily intertwined, and as such, many Cliché Storms are good in quality, as good stories, characters, humor, action, or whatever can produce a high caliber book regardless of originality. You can also see from the examples that people can ''intentionally'' create as big a Cliché Storm as possible... and then start having fun with all of the Clichés. Oftentimes, they may not start around deconstructing or playing with the cliches, as so much play it for laughs. It's very common in an AffectionateParody -- most of the time, they start poking fun at these Cliches. Very often, something may be intended as an homage, and it may be wise to look at them as such. In addition, an audience needs to be familiar with a trope before they understand variations of it. As everybody needs a place to start, many works aimed at young children, particularly educational ones, are designed with tropes mostly played straight.
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23	See also ASpaceMarineIsYou, a specific form of a Cliché Storm; see also DeconstructorFleet, for works that take all the cliches and play them realistically. Compare StrictlyFormula, {{Reconstruction}}. Compare and contrast {{Troperiffic}}, which is a more fun version of this trope, although the lines between the two are blurry and kind of subjective. Related to SpeaksInShoutOuts, when a character's dialogue extensively uses direct quotations from a specific work. And see TasteTheRainbow for when this is done with character types for the purpose of meeting every viewer's [[{{Fanservice}} taste]].
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27	!!Examples:
28	[[index]]
29	* [[ClicheStorm/AnimeAndManga Anime & Manga]]
30	* ClicheStorm/{{Film}}
31	* ClicheStorm/{{Literature}}
32	* [[ClicheStorm/LiveActionTV Live-Action TV]]
33	* ClicheStorm/{{Music}}
34	* ClicheStorm/VideoGames
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39	[[folder:Comic Books]]
40	* Well Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash from ''ComicBook/SuperYoungTeam'' briefly notes that "they thought of everything! No cliche left unturned!" when he sees his team's new headquarters in ''Final Crisis Aftermath: DANCE''. The series itself doesn't exemplify the trope, however, nor does the team.
41	* Creator/RobLiefeld's infamous ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' featured a team whose only [[BadassNormal non-powered member]] was also its leader, several Wolverine [[CaptainErsatz rip-offs]] including a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, characters layered in [[TooManyBelts pouches]] and [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulderpads]], [[DarkAgeOfSupernames names]] like "Darcangel" and "Badrock," gun-toting [[NinetiesAntiHero anti-heroes]] with religious-sounding names (the hot new character when the book debuted was Marvel's gun-toting antihero Bishop--Youngblood gives us Chapel, Cross, and Prophet), and buxom women in [[{{Stripperiffic}} skimpy outfits]]. And they had "Home" and [[WestCoastTeam "Away"]] teams.
42	* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' likes making fun of these kinds of movies.
43	** The parody of ''Film/DirtyDancing'' made fun of how many cliches were in the movie, with a caption for every panel describing the cliche in that scene.
44	** One series of cliche movie scripts provides snippets of key lines for scripts, from war movies to love stories. From what you can gather of the lines, the stories are rather cliched, from an unknown singer becoming an opera star until she retires to marry the man she loves to a working class young man managing to win over his wealthy girlriend's parents.
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47	[[folder:Fan Works]]
48	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': [[invoked]] Bolt and Mittens trade off a string of hackneyed sayings InUniverse at the end of "The Kippies." This descends from the cat's lampshading herself as a [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis midlife crisis cliché]].
49	-->'''Mittens:''' ''[shaking her head and smirking]'' Sheesh -- look at me, Bolt. Who'da thunk it? I'm a card-carrying midlife crisis cliché. If I were a bank CEO, I'd have bought myself a shiny new red sports car and dumped you for a studly tomcat half my age.\
50	'''Bolt:''' ''[chuckling]'' I guess so. Funny thing about clichés, though -- they’re old and moldy, but they're usually true. Y'know, like "A stitch in time saves nine?"\
51	'''Mittens:''' Or, "There’s no use crying over spilled milk."\
52	'''Bolt:''' Uh-huh -- and, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
53	* [[InUniverse In-universe]] in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': [[MoralityDial Evil Jack]] has nary an original bone in his body. Given the BetterThanABareBulb nature of the fic, this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with no mercy by the heroes.
54	* Parodied in ''Fanfic/TheCoolestEvilDumbledoreEver'' which mixes together practically every single FandomSpecificPlot used in Evil!Dumbledore fanfics and takes all of them up a notch – from Dumbledore doing EvilGloating complete with "[[EvilLaugh Hahaha!]]" to Harry becoming Headmaster of Hogwarts, Minister of Magic and King of England in the end.
55	* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Freeza has "heard these heroic speeches so wearily often, [he's] started counting how many times [he's] heard certain phrases."
56	-->'''Namekian Warrior:''' Yeah? Well...we're going...to f[[SoundEffectBleep **]]k your face!\
57	'''Freeza:''' [laughing] Oh-hohoho! ''Twelve!''
58	* Parodied in ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20041123233925/http://www.auroramoon.com/pallet/fic30.html A Generic Fanfic]]'', which "makes fun of all the generic and cliched plot devices that are often used in Shippy" ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fan fiction. It includes CharacterDerailment, grammar errors, and GratuitousJapanese.
59	* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6878/A-Perfectly-Ordinary-Day-in-Ponyville A Perfectly Ordinary Day in Ponyville]] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic that sees Twilight Sparkle [[OhNoNotAgain being largely unfazed]] by a number of [[FandomSpecificPlot cliched pony fanfiction plots]] hitting her at once: Twilight [[GodOfHumanOrigin turning into an alicorn]], [[LongingForFictionLand a human getting teleported to Equestria]], [[HurtComfortFic Rainbow Dash getting severely injured]] and [[RonTheDeathEater Celestia turning evil]]. Which is HilariousInHindsight, since as of now Rainbow Dash has been seriously injured TWICE now, Princess Celestia has been revealed to be able to use evil magic, and Twilight actually HAS [[spoiler: become an alicorn]]... ''all in the canon of the show itself!'' And the "human in Equestria" plot? Well, the events of an entire [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls spin-off franchise]] were kicked off because Twilight and [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer a main character to that franchise]] did ''the exact opposite''.
60	* ''Fanfic/InThisWorldAndTheNext'' boasts [[CardCarryingVillain generically!evil!]][[RonTheDeathEater Ron]], [[{{Chickification}} submissive!damsel!Hermione]], [[PeggySue "fix the books" time travel]], [[FantasticRacism pureblood supremacy]] [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain as the Ultimate Evil™]] and the Ancient and Noble House of Potter complete with marriage law. All in the first two chapters. As [[http://szaleniec1000.livejournal.com/62000.html one review]] put it:
61	-->I'm guessing that later in the story, Harry will be framed and sent to Azkaban, allowing his hitherto unknown twin who's the actual Boy Who Lived to take his place, get adopted by Snape and become Head Boy, upon which he hooks up with Hermione (who turns out to be really a pureblood) at the annual Yule Ball and they have lots of rampant sex in the Head Boy and Girl's private quarters, and meanwhile Draco discovers that he's part-Veela and hooks up with an American exchange student who's a newly discovered species of super-witch with an anachronistic taste in clothes and music, and they go off and fight the resurrected Salazar Slytherin together.[[note]]None of this actually does happen, but it wouldn't have been a surprise.[[/note]]
62	* ''Fanfic/TheLastWar'' also boasts abusive!Ron and damsel!Hermione, with bonus slut!Ginny.
63	* ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''. Let's see... The villain is an ObviouslyEvil wizard who lives in a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment dark castle in the dimension of darkness]]. His minions are a TerribleTrio consisting of a shallow VainSorceress, a [[EvilGenius schemer]], and [[TheBrute a brute]], none of whom possess any redeeming or positive qualities. On the other [[InsistentTerminology hoof]], we have a realm of good where the unicorns live happily without any personal conflict between each other, are ruled by a wise king and protected by a group of ''Franchise/SuperSentai''[=/=]MagicalGirl-inspired good guys, whose leader has a fairy sidekick, defeats monsters with ''Franchise/SailorMoon''-based moves and has to learn to believe in himself.
64	* drconichero's Soul Chess is full of them. What's worse is that it's intentional (the only time it isn't is the character design for the expy of Jeremiah "Motherfucking Loyalty" Gottwald).
65	* The Introduction Arc of ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'' feels like this. It features an OriginalCharacter with a preference [[IWorkAlone for working by himself]] that is the LastOfHisKind through genocide and seeks {{revenge}} against the killer. His partner is a [[RichBitch haughty]] rich girl with a fangirl crush on Soul. The former’s CharacterDevelopment revolves around him [[YouAreNotAlone learning to trust others again]] through the PowerOfFriendship. Thankfully, it's just a starting point and [[SlowPacedBeginning doesn't last long]].
66	* Parodied in ''Fanfic/WhenInDoubtObliviate'' when Snape takes exception to several standard cliches during a teacher's meeting.
67	-->'''Snape:''' I'm not going to start off irrationally hating Potter because of his parents even if he did make a pained face and cover his eyes the minute he saw me.\
68	'''Dumbledore:''' That's certainly big of you, Severus. I feel inspired already.\
69	'''Snape:''' After that doesn't happen, I'm not going to be forced to spend time with him in my classes and as the head of his house and start to see a new side of him. Particularly as I'm not going to find out that he was abused or neglected or had some other tragic problem growing up other than his mother's death...\
70	'''Dumbledore:''' ...What won't happen then?\
71	'''Snape:''' I'm certainly not going to see a side of him that I hadn't before and see some of myself or any random relatives of his that aren't his father in him. I'm not going to be drawn to his modesty, intelligence, kindness, or any other virtue you can think of.\
72	'''Dumbledore:''' Well, now I think you're just limiting yourself. Would it really be so bad if that did happen?\
73	'''Snape:''' It doesn't really matter if it would or would not be since it ''won't''. And finally, I will most certainly not become his favorite teacher and or his mentor. I simply will not do it and this will not become an inspirational story. It will not.
74	* In the first four chapters of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11123742/4/The-Vanishing-Cabinet-Of-Time The Vanishing Cabinet of Time]]'' you find the following: [[RonTheDeathEater Ron betrays Harry]] on orders of Dumbledore. Dumbledore maneuvered Hermione Granger into the way of the troll during first year in an attempt to murder the girl. Dumbledore's been dosing both Harry and Hermione with love potions -- created by Molly Weasley, of course -- to further his control and to make sure that the vast Potter Fortune goes to the Weasleys when Harry is ineveritably killed by Voldemort. Dumbledore's plan is to let Harry get murdered and then swoop in to save the day after the Dark Lord's last horcrux is gone. Harry and Hermione go to Gringotts, where not only are the goblins friendly to Harry, but they get him emancipated, bestow upon him his full fortune, proclaim him a lord, tell him about multiple marriage contracts, list all the ancient families he's related to, and give him a list of homes he now owns. The rest of the story is just as bad.
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77	[[folder:Newspapers]]
78	* All the reviews for ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' seem to be loaded with glowing, poster-ready clichés:
79	** [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-princess25-2009nov25,0,6472123.story LA Times]]
80	** [[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20322455,00.html Entertainment Weekly]]
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83	[[folder:Podcasts]]
84	* In ''Podcast/ChapoTrapHouse'', Will, Felix and Bryan all praise ''Series/MayansMC'' for this, calling it a "Website/{{Facebook}} show" and recommending it to anyone looking for 'fire in the blood', anyone who is sick of shows where you can't guess exactly what will happen, and where there aren't scenes of gun violence set to Mexican rap music.
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87	%%[[folder:Roleplay]]
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90	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
91	* Official ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' publications intentionally play to every fantasy cliche imaginable with the understanding that if a DM doesn't like the standard way of doing things, they can always change it for their campaign.
92	* TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering set ''Innistrad'' is this for Gothic horror. [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=230786 Zombies]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222189 werewolves]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221211 vampires]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221214 ghosts]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227075 curses]], [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=230788 mad]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=226749 scientists]] and their [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222913 stitched-together,]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=230780 Frankenstein's-Monster-esque creations]], all present and accounted for. Even [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221209 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]] put in an appearance! (It should be clarified that [[InvokedTrope this is the point]]; ''Innistrad'' was developed top-down as a flavorful horror-themed block). Cliché Storms are often a deliberate goal when designing new cards. There's only so much space on each card to communicate what it is supposed to represent, so leaning into familiar tropes does more with less. For example, if they want you to feel like your piece of cardboard is a dragon, you're more likely to see mechanics representing a DragonHoard, a LazyDragon, or a BreathWeapon than OurDragonsAreDifferent.
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95	[[folder:Theatre]]
96	* Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''Theatre/{{KA}}'', their only show to put its ExcusePlot front and center, is a conventional heroic journey: royal twins are separated when their kingdom is attacked and their parents killed by evil forces; they and their sidekicks (some wacky, some serious) go through a variety of adventures to be reunited and help defeat the army. Each finds romance along the way, the Twin Brother with a villain's daughter and the Twin Sister with a Tarzan-like forest hero. The pleasure of the show is watching it unfold without intelligible dialogue and with oodles of SceneryPorn and acrobatics.
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99	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
100	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' invokes this trope with the culprits who fall for Monokuma's traps.
101	** [[spoiler:The protagonist, Kaede Akamatsu; although not before the detective, Shuichi Saihara is convicted.]]
102	** [[spoiler:Kirumi Tojo, the maid, playing into TheBulterDidIt.]]
103	** [[spoiler:Korekiyo Shinguji, the serial killer with a trepidatious aura.]]
104	** [[spoiler:Gonta Gokuhara, the NiceGuy of the group.]]
105	** [[spoiler:Kaito Momota, the astronaut with the AwesomeEgo.]]
106	** [[spoiler:As it turns out, the first case was a trick. The real culprit was the cosplayer.]]
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109	[[folder:Web Animation]]
110	* The fourth installment of ''WebAnimation/BunnyKill'' is chock full of various anime clichés, including over the top violence, super modes, ninja jutsu, and [[spoiler:the DisposableWoman]]. WordOfGod states this was intentional.
111	* ''WebAnimation/DusksDawn''. ObviouslyEvil GenericDoomsdayVillain (who doesn’t even [[NoNameGiven have a name]]), an EnsembleCast mirroring the Mane Six, the villain tries to convince the heroes that he's changed, only to be hatching another plot, and several others.
112	* ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano'': Later chapters revolve around the protagonist having an evil sister who wants to ruin them. Said sister's schemes appear successful until the protagonist points out that whatever she seeks to take from them is still safe, prompting the evil sister to realize she picked the wrong person. Depending on the story, she might have a change of heart.
113	* ''WebAnimation/RefreshingStories'': Almost every story involves Hiroshi being cheated on, or other bad things occurring to him. Hiroshi will sometimes [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this in some episodes.
114	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'''s first few episodes immediately call into mind familiar anime narrative devices found in the classroom setting and characters. There's a [[{{Moe}} cute]], [[GenkiGirl optimistic]] [[ImprobableAge fifteen-year-old]] ActionGirl who [[JumpedAtTheCall dreams of being a hero]]. There's a mysterious {{Ninja}}, clad in black, who [[{{Bookworm}} likes to read]] and initially shies away from the protagonist's attempt at befriending her. There's a [[EntitledBastard wealthy, arrogant]] IceQueen who [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold isn't as cruel as she seems]]. There's a HotBlooded CoolBigSis who [[BloodKnight enjoys punching evil in the face]]. They are all the equivalent of college students (with the exception of Ruby, who is HighSchool aged, but was [[ChildProdigy pushed up 2 years due to her skill]]) in a HeroAcademy. It also has a horde of mindless, ugly creatures preying upon humankind, and the main characters are [[WordOfGod explicitly said]] to be based off fairy tales or mythological characters. However, the creators [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools revealed they did this intentionally]] in panels and interviews, so they can use the setup as a jumping-off point to later [[{{Troperiffic}} subvert, flesh out, downplay, or deconstruct those same tropes in later seasons.]]
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117	[[folder:Webcomics]]
118	* {{Invoked\|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero''--it's the only way to summon the Running Gag.
119	%%* ''Webcomic/TheBlackBloodAlliance''[[note]]Although there's only one-and-a-half issues released at present, so this may be a JustifiedTrope.[[/note]]
120	%%* Done deliberately and for laughs in Jango's EvilGloating [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0276.html here]] in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''.
121	%%* The GM's story in ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings''.
122	%%* Parodied on ''Hiro'' with [[http://drunkduck.com/hiro/index.php?p=414050 Lo, the Cliche King]].
123	%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' act 6, [[spoiler:John]] calls ''Film/ConAir'' one.
124	%%* Webcomic/MitadakeSaga, like the original game, glorifies itself on Anime tropes quite often.
125	* ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland'' has a [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=15&page=2 comic]] featuring a superhero who was a {{farmboy}}, who was nuked into space, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour hit by cosmic rays]], then [[Franchise/{{Superman}} told by his parents he was an alien]], and then [[AllJustADream woke up]] with superpowers.
126	* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'' has so far featured just about every horror cliche known to the genre. All done intentionally, however, as the comic is supposed to be a G-rated AffectionateParody of the horror genre.
127	* Catch a Mad in ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' not spouting off every MadScientist cliche ever and you will find a Mad letting the side down. If you can't rant for at least an hour about THOSE FOOLS THAT CALLED ME MAD!, then you are sane and don't belong.
128	%%* Done in-story in ''Webcomic/TheNoob'' with the MMORPG ''[=ClicheQuest=]''
129	%%* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2003/10/02/ In universe]] for {{Pibgorn}}.
130	* An in-universe example was done by ''Webcomic/RealLifeComics'' during a dimension-hopping adventure where they wound up in a world where "everything is a Series/{{Sliders}} cliche!". Naturally, this involved their dimension-traveling device fizzling out, a doomsday scenario, joining and fighting a rag-tag resistance group led by a double of someone they knew, getting involved with and solving the world's problems and a last second escape. Well, '''almost''' all their problems.
131	-->'''Alt Dave''': That's great, but what about the '''''huge freaking asteroid''''' about to hit the planet?!
132	-->'''Tony''': Sorry, pal! You're on your own!
133	%%* Everything in ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' that doesn't [[AllThereInTheManual fail to make any sense unless the author explains it]] has been seen before in so many other, better works.
134	%%* A ton of webcomics that adopt the attitude of FollowTheLeader, usually of ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', or ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge''. Those three webcomics alone inspired about half of the webcomics out there.
135	* Late in ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'', a group of rebels who embody various war movie clichés, from the WideEyedIdealist to the JerkAss who undergoes RedemptionEqualsDeath, [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2006-06-12 join Gordon Frohman's squad]], only for Frohman to accidentally vaporize them all with the secondary fire mode of his pulse rifle before the cliches can happen.
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138	[[folder:Web Original]]
139	* ''[[https://trollpasta.com/wiki/The_most_clichéd_pasta_ever_written_in_the_history_of_Trollpastas,_Creepypastas,_Spinpastas,_Crappypastas,_and_Shitpastas.exe The most cliched pasta in the history of Creepypastas, Crappypastas and Trollpastas.exe]]'' is a parody specifically written to use every single cliché listed on the Creepypasta Wiki.
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142	[[folder:Web Videos]]
143	* A trailer for [[http://youtu.be/WAG9Xn5bJwQ Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever]]. Too bad it's a RealTrailerFakeMovie.
144	* In ''WebVideo/BenMcYellow'', [[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed the entire thing]] is seemingly an [[AffectionateParody affectionate]] attempt to stuff as many fantasy, superhero, and genre conventions into a series of 10-minute zero-budget [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt1h_XBRgU&index=2&list=PL9fGHMcRLx6gU9ZLieogw3HJTU9C53HAA videos]] as possible [[NoBudget (only with no special effects, sets, costumes, or more than four actors)]]. [[note]] For example, the WholeEpisodeFlashback part 1 of the SequelSeries has the hero's DoomedHometown (represented in its entirety by [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a wooden sign reading "our village" on it]]) destroyed by TheDragon and his army of [[FacelessGoons faceless]] GasMaskMooks. The BigBad is a [[EvilIsNotWellLit dimly lit]] [[FaceFramedInShadow shadowed]] Darth Vader {{Expy}} serving the "Skeleton King". The [[MentorOccupationalHazard doomed mentor]] performs a TakingTheBullet HeroicSacrifice, whereupon the hero lets out an [[{{Narm}} over]]-[[NarmCharm the]]-[[LargeHam top]] BigNo. [[/note]] It's all PlayedForLaughs, though.
145	* WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy invoked this with "American Whoopee," which is an AffectionateParody of both teen movies and silent films.
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148	[[folder:Western Animation]]
149	* The 1983-90 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' cartoon is a whole lot of cliches from the era put together, usually [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] or adventure plots, from a competitive football match and school election to a trip to Australia.
150	%% * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad has a strange intentional example with the Golden Turd mini-series. The humour doesn't come from the exageration of the clichés, on the opposite they are played completely straight but the humour derives specifically from the use of drama clichés with the knowledge of the nature of the show.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/ChipChilla'': You have the BumblingDad, the intelligent mum, and the three children being dim-witted brats in need of learning a lesson or two.
152	%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detention}}''
153	* Whether intentional or not, ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' feels like an example of this right from the start. There are scenes after scenes and jokes after jokes that one can almost guess the outcome, or ask oneself, "Why have I heard of this before?" At the worst one will emit an inner groan at the overused joke, but also at times one can find it charming.
154	** In many ways, the show is just a faster-paced, more manic, more joke-dense version of standard "middle class suburban grade school kid" animated shows. Many characters, particularly the parents, are almost absurdist caricatures of cliches.
155	* Everything in ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'', from the plots to the characters to the dialogue. Naturally, it's all an AffectionateParody, or at the very least Administrivia/TropesAreTools and/or NarmCharm.
156	* The character of [[EvilSorcerer the Archmage]] on ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' was a deliberate Cliché Storm--indeed, his primary weakness is [[BondVillainStupidity his love affair with villain cliches]], which prevents him from utilizing his godlike magical power to the fullest possible extent.
157	* Franchise/{{LEGO}}'s ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' and ''Toys/HeroFactory'' both started out playing all their tropes very, very straight in their first few years, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools although still managing to be enjoyable]]. The former became more subversive and ascended to {{Troperiffic}} in its later years, while the latter branched off a little in later years but was still pretty cliched.
158	%%* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiyumi''. This was removed in the second season.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' had an episode which parodies almost every cartoon cliché as part of its plot of Weasel and Baboon making a new cartoon show.
160	%%* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''. What's worse is that it's starting to ''rehash itself''.
161	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuDinoPosse'' has everything you'd expect to find in a Ninja Turtles knockoff: FiveManBand fighting the MonsterOfTheWeek sent by the GenericDoomsdayVillain and his BumblingSidekick.
162	* The ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' animated series specialized in giving its viewers a sense of familiarity, from plots such as [[BecomeARealBoy "I wanna be a real boy"]] and [[IncredibleShrinkingMan "shrunken protagonist"]] to [[MindControlMusic "hypnotic hard rock."]]
163	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Aside from the Paris setting, the heroine's powers, and its aesthetic, it's a fairly run-of-the-mill teenage superhero series with MagicalGirl sensibilities, what with a thematic MonsterOfTheWeek every episode, B-plots involving typical school issues, the leads romantically interested in each other's alter egos, an incredibly hammy ObviouslyEvil villain, and archetypical characters. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen The show was originally meant for teenagers and young adults]], but took a LighterAndSofter tone because networks weren't interested in the original pitch. Comments from the creator suggest some of his originally darker ideas would've made characters unlikable, as he seems to have more fun with the campier approach.
164	%%* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeMe'' is this to {{anime}} tropes '''and''' SliceOfLife tropes.
165	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Equestria Girls has a [[NewTransferStudent new girl adjusting to school]]! [[CrashIntoHello Bumping into]] a cute NiceGuy! Who plays guitar! And is the former boyfriend of a [[AlphaBitch popular girl with a snotty attitude]]! They share a ThirdActMisunderstanding! A school dance! Clique drama! A cheesy pop song (which [[https://twitter.com/dannyimusic/status/333819452212793345 isn't]] even in the movie)! All these high school tropes, and ''more!'' [[spoiler:Averted by the end, however, when it has a GenreShift]].
166	* ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Braceface}}'' were this to the SliceOfLife genre; the latter's theme song even sings about this trope.
167	* The 2010 reboot of ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010 Pound Puppies]]''. While not a ''bad'' one, there's nothing really new about it and the plots are fairly predictable.
168	** And there are some worse examples. [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s The 1980s version]], for instance, gave us ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw The Legend of Big Paw]]''.
169	%%* ''WesternAnimation/SkeletonWarriors'' hits almost every fantasy cliché it can reach.
170	* A common criticism of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' is that you're not likely to find much in terms of "original" ideas for plots or characters; you could call it "[[{{Pun}} Cliché Storm Hawks]]" and no one would argue. However, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools many will also say that's one of the show's strengths]] as it plays its cliches [[RuleOfCool to the hilt]] [[RuleOfFun and just has fun with them]].
171	** Much the same can be said about it's immediate predecessor and successor from the same studio, ''WesternAnimation/DragonBooster'' and ''WesternAnimation/Slugterra''.
172	* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' trots out well-worn clichés by the dozen, but uses the pretext of its planet-wide FantasyKitchenSink and SchizoTech to play GenreRoulette with those it employs. Stock plots from HighFantasy, WoodenShipsAndIronMen, SpaceOpera and {{Western}} all get their turns at bat, often while mashed up with two to three other genres.
173	%%* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeDelivery'', the Nicktoon. Think of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', but with food puns and ''more'' clichés.
174	* The point of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is to be a Category-5 Cliché Hurricane, especially for RealityTV tropes. PlayedForLaughs.
175	* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' was full of this, playing all the usual frequently-pointed out Scooby-Doo tropes straight (such as LetsSplitUpGang, ScoobyDoobyDoors, YouMeddlingKids, etc.) or [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] them.
176	** Every Scooby-Doo expy Hanna-Barbera made were full of Scooby clichés.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' during its second and third seasons. Clichés common to superheroes, high school, and in general were rampant, with some even [[RecycledScript being used more than once]]. Technically the first season had plenty of such clichés too, but they weren't the focus of whole episodes as often as in season 2, after the series basically abandoned its MythArc in favor of an episodic format, which resulted in a myriad of filler stories centered on standard plots.
178	* Every competitor in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' was a cliché: the macho hero with a LanternJawOfJustice (Peter Perfect); a burly lumberjack (Rufus Ruffcut and wisecracking animal sidekick Sawtooth); A gung-ho Army sergeant and his ineffective private (Sgt. Blast and Meekly); a gang of Creator/DamonRunyon-esque mobsters (the Ant Hill Mob); a crackpot inventor (Prof. Pat Pending); a girly girl (Penelope Pitstop); two hirsute cavemen (the Slag Brothers); a pair of monsters, one short, the other hulking (the Gruesome Twosome); a German WWI pilot adorned in red (Red Max); a lazy hillbilly (Luke and his nervous wreck of an animal sidekick Blubber Bear), and a HarmlessVillain (Dick Dastardly and his wisecracking animal sidekick Muttley).
179	* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'''s ShowWithinAShow, ''Philbert'', is remarked on being this InUniverse, being a generic 'gritty' DetectiveDrama with pompous MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and KudzuPlot elements, a nauseating RatedMForManly and DarkerAndEdgier tone, and [[MaleGaze degrading treatment of women]]. Despite this, the first season ends up being a hit, due to having the feminist Diane in the script editing room, who is well aware of how bad the show is, and does her best to turn it into a {{Deconstruction}} of what it is while adding in MetaCasting elements to CatchTheConscience of [=BoJack=]. The cast also end up [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct elevating it]], with one reviewer noting that [=BoJack=]'s performance turns "a generic [[DefectiveDetective bad boy detective]] into a barely scabbed-over wound". The second season nosedives back into generic gibberish due to the absence of Diane, which both [=BoJack=] and his costar Gina notice and complain about.
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183	* [[UsefulNotes/BernardLawMontgomery Bernard Montgomery's]] [[http://www.fieldmarshalmontgomery.com/speech-to-8th-army-upon-assuming-command.html address to the British Eighth Army]] shortly before the battle of El Alamein was filled with cliches, and he was known for being fond of using them in general.
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