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17->''"Ohh yeah, right. I remember now, it's like from... every other episode..."''
18-->-- '''Kronk''' (reacting to a RunningGag), ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool''
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20A relative of the RunningGag. This is an event that, instead of happening several times in one episode, happens one time in just about every episode of a show.
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22There is an entire genre of jokes that exists to take advantage of this trope: "Remember that one episode of _____ where...". A common example: Remember that one episode of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' where they almost escape from the island, but [[JustEatGilligan Gilligan screws it up]]? (Though that one is a clear case of CowboyBebopAtHisComputer, as the vast majority of episodes do not feature a potential chance to get off the island.)
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24Compare SignatureStyle. If it happens at the end of an episode, it's EveryEpisodeEnding. If ''everything'' is like this, it is StrictlyFormula.
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26Also compare OnceASeason, where a certain plotline or character story gets a yearly invite. May also overlap with DifferentInEveryEpisode if the series follows a specific formula for its references and plots.
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28!!Examples:
29[[index]]
30* OncePerEpisode/LiveActionTV
31* OncePerEpisode/WesternAnimation
32[[/index]]
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34[[foldercontrol]]
35[[folder:Advertising]]
36* In most commercials for Big Red chewing gum, in addition to all of the couples kissing regardless of what's going on around them, there is a scene where at least one of them usually has the guy tearing themselves away from their significant other in order to catch a train, or a bus, or have to rejoin a parade, etc.[[note]]This occurs during the "Say goodbye a little longer, make it last a little longer" line.[[/note]]
37* Until the 2000s or so, each commercial for Post's Pebbles has [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Barney Rubble]] trying to use a different PaperThinDisguise in order to trick Fred out of his Fruity / Cocoa Pebbles cereal, all with the same result:
38-->"BARNEY, my pebbles!"
39* Commercials for Trix cereal had a rabbit devising various schemes to get a bowl of Trix cereal. The schemes would fail, and the rabbit would be told:
40-->"Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!"
41* It isn't consistent, but many commercials for Kool-Aid have the Kool-Aid Man smashing though a wall, and then saying his catchphrase:
42-->"Oh [[BigYes YEAH!]]"[[note]]Although he does also say it in commercials where he doesn't smash through a wall.[[/note]]
43* Something always happens in Toys/LegoCity commercials! And the team need the set in the commercial to solve the problem!
44-->[''zoom out to show giant pile of bricks where the set should be'']\
45[''ArtShift to CG versions of the minifigs'']\
46'''Minifig''': HEY!
47** In one of the commercials, however, the fire station mentioned in the commercial is shown being built from the get-go. Thus, the fire trucks are ready to rush out of the garage!
48--->[''one of the fire trucks bumps into the closed garage door that was neglected to be opened'']\
49[''ArtShift to a CG version of the firefighter minifig'']\
50'''Minifig''': HEY!
51[[/folder]]
52
53[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
54* Following Episodes 3 and 4 of ''Anime/AngeVierge'', every episode seems to follow this trend:
55** The episode starts off with a protagonist's flashback involving Amane before going on to the opening sequence.
56** There may or may not be a bath scene.
57** A comedic skit involving [[DrillSergeantNasty Ageha]] and Mayuka, which has its own [[TheStinger Stinger]].
58** The team member faces off against the BrainwashedAndCrazy villain. One battle ends with the villain escaping, the other ends with her defeat. For the latter, it ends with the other BrainwashedAndCrazy antagonists lamenting the current villain's defeat and the end of the episode.
59* Most chapters of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' have Shirogane, a cat ayakashi, giving the reader a frontal view of his testicles.
60* In each episode of ''Manga/BlackButler'':
61** Ciel says, "This is an order!"
62** Sebastian will say, "A Phantomhive butler who can't [insert X task -- usually an improbable one -- here] isn't worth his salt." and "I am simply one ''hell'' of a butler.".
63* Pinoko in ''Manga/BlackJack'' presses her cheeks together and yelling, "Acchonburike" (which has no actual meaning except for being translated it as "Ohmigewdness") once per episode whenever something surprising happens.
64** In Black Jack 21, a game was made to try to find the image of Sharaku in each episode. Some being more obvious than others.
65* Early on in ''Manga/BloodyCross'', Tsukimiya gets groped in almost every chapter. It starts happening less often later.
66* ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'': After Fuko's arc concludes, she makes random appearances in accordance with this trope.
67* ''[[Anime/CodeGeass Code Geass R2]]'' has, amazingly, turned the WhamEpisode concept into a Once an Episode occurrence. Seriously, literally, once an episode; R2 is made up of nothing but Wham Episodes.
68* In every episode of most ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' incarnations (except the recent ''The Live'' TV series) someone would ask Honey who she is, to which she would laugh, list her different costumes for the episode (usually three) and finish by "but the truth is... Honey Flash!" (cue transformation sequence) "Cutey Honey! The Warrior of Love!"
69* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': Team Touden encounters a monster, Laios squees over it, they kill it, Senshi cooks it into FoodPorn, Marcille freaks out over eating it.
70* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'':
71** Someone (usually Pedro) gives a BigNo each episode.
72** Nabeshin appears in every episode, even if it's just for a second.
73** Excel getting dropped through a trapdoor by Il Palazzo. One time the rope he pulls to spring the trap has a sign saying [[LampshadeHanging "obligatory"]] hung on it.
74* In the first half of ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', Kaze pulls out his Magun summon weapon, and saves the day. In the second half of the series, he pulls out the Magun and it malfunctions.
75* ''Manga/FrankenFran'' has the titular Fran shout "Commence the operation!" just before starting that week's horrific surgery. This gets less common over time, as other characters (such as her younger sister Veronica) receive greater focus, and Fran herself gets into misadventures outside of someone coming to her mansion for surgical assistance.
76* In ''Anime/GhostStories'', the main characters read a book for sealing spirits whenever they encounter the MonsterOfTheWeek.
77-->"OK, I'm sorry. [[BreakingTheFourthWall When are you gonna need another dramatic plot point]] until you decide to [[LampshadeHanging whip out that damn ghost book!?]]"
78* There's a RunningGag in ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' about Shugo getting bashed in the face and losing a tooth every episode. Fortunately for his dentistry the damage isn't permanent or cumulative, since he is in virtual form when it happens. The gag is dropped in the last few episodes which take a more serious turn.
79* Nishizawa of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' eats something while (after her introduction in Episode 12) thinking wistfully of Hayate. (She still appears doing it even before her official introduction.)
80* Most episodes of ''Anime/HellGirl'' climax with somebody getting sent to Hell.
81* In the ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' anime, someone, usually Yuno, soaks in bath salts... even if she and the others have already been to a ''sentō'' that day. This may or may not end the episode, but it's always at least close. It took a few episodes to get it to its most common form (underwater shot of bath bombs; colored water swishing down the floor drain; the bather in the tub), but the main aspect is once an episode.
82* ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'' -- The shot of the front of the 765Pro Office.
83* In the series ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'', one will spot Kibure Kikki, a strange female student in a dinosaur costume at the first episode. Each episode after that one can usually find her in a blink and you miss it scene of her trying to find the parts of said costume throughout the ship. Many fans have even made into a Literature/WheresWaldo type game to try to find her in each ep.
84* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has recurring trends for each season, usually related to the anime adaptation.
85** Once near the end of each season, the opening sequence includes sound effects.
86** In another opening-related trend, Parts 3-6 have the BigBad [[spoiler:use his time manipulation powers on the opneing. In Part 3, DIO has The World stop time near the end. In Part 4, Kira uses Bites The Dust to rewind the opening. In Part 5, Diavolo uses King Crimson to "erase" several seconds of time (shown by several blood splatters appearing on the ground below Giorno's cut finger) to deliver a monologue, although Giorno intrrupts him with Gold Experince Requiem in the third vrsion of the second opening. In part 6 Pucci uses Made In Heaven to interrupt Jotaro's time stop.]]
87* ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'': "Mr. Glasses Man!" "I am not 'Mr. Glasses Man'!"
88* ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'': Ayu runs into Yuuichi, [[CrashIntoHello literally or not]], in every episode except for the ends of the other girls' arcs.
89* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' typically starts each chapter with Sawako coming up behind a pair of her classmates to greet them, only for them to freak out from her [[FaceOfAThug scary appearance]].
90* ''Anime/LupinIIIPart1'' has someone catching fire every episode, even if only for a short gag.
91* Once per StoryArc variation in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': The major battle near the end of an incident will be capped off with [[FinishingMove Starlight Breaker]]. As ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'' showed when [[spoiler: Teana]] did it, this rule is followed even if Nanoha is absent.
92* The ''Mazinger'' saga:
93** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Every episode Kouji shouted "Pilder On!" and "Mazin Go!" to dock in its HumongousMecha and activate it. In some episodes he shouted it even more times if he had to sortie often.
94** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the same way and with the same purpose, Tetsuya shouted "Brain Condor!" and "Mazin Go". And Jun shouted "Queen Star On! Venus Go!" every episode after the third one.
95** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': Every episode Daisuke jumped from a hatch and [[TransformationNameAnnouncement shouted]] "DUKE FLEED!" -his real name- to morph his clothes into his LatexSpaceSuit, and "Dizer Go!" to start Grendizer.
96* Every single episode of the ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'' dub found an excuse for Ikki to shout "Metabee!". Also: "Medafighters Ready? Medabots... Robattle!"
97* In ''Manga/MissMachiko'', Machiko's panties are shown without fail throughout all 95 episodes, not to mention that she will be disrobed at least partially.
98* ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' has Rin asking Mimi for water every morning, only to get vodka (which, in Russian, is the diminutive of the word for "water") instead.
99** Not to mention Rin getting mutilated and/or killed, which on average, actually happens closer to ''thrice'' an episode.
100* In ''Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'', there is a shot of the club room sign with a new sticker added each episode. The only exceptions are the episodes set at a summer camp.
101* ''Manga/NatsuNoArashi'': At least once per episode, sometimes more, there's an anonymous chap in the back calmly asking for salt. A few episodes he comes close, to salt and happiness, only to [[YankTheDogsChain have it whisked away not unlike Charlie Brown's football]].
102* In every episode of ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'', someone in the band needs to take out a loan, and the band goes to the Rental Shop to get a PlotCoupon from [[Creator/ShinichiWatanabe the director]].
103* On ''Anime/TheNoozles'', Osgood the lizard pops up out of nowhere at least once an episode to comment on what is going on.
104* ''Manga/OnePiece'' (the manga) always contains an appearance by Pandaman in almost every arc (or, in [[LadyLand one place]] ''[[DistaffCounterpart Pandawoman]]''); sometimes it's obvious but most of the time it's not.
105* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
106** "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" Averages once an episode. There are episodes where they don't blast off at all (like the first-season episode where Ash got the Thunderbadge, for example), but on the other hand, there are also episodes where they blast off twice, so it all evens out. In addition, Wobbuffet had been seen, or its cry was heard, in every episode since his introduction save two of them. At least, that is, until he was left behind with the other Pokémon at the beginning of ''Best Wishes''. He's with them again as of ''XY'' and the gag is back too.
107** Not to mention Team Rocket's motto upon revealing themselves, although a few episodes did not feature it with them instead opting to sing a song.
108** Brock meets a cute girl, immediately proposes to her, and is then dragged off by Misty/Max/Croagunk/whoever. On rare occasions, however, this would turn the other way - the odd episode had Misty gushing over a Water Pokémon (or something related to a water-type) and Brock would drag her away, and one occasion had the cute girl of the week proposing to Brock, leaving him completely dumbfounded. ''Both'' are now gone as of ''Best Wishes'', as Brock was finally PutOnABus, and Team Rocket TookALevelInBadass and now only blast off of their own will....on ''jetpacks''... At least until the Kalos series started up, where they're back to their usual incompetent selves.
109** In ''Best Wishes'' we have Cilan going into one of his long-winded explanations/speeches each ep, usually accompanied by Iris looking bored and making a "there he goes again" type remark.
110** Iris herself has one in the original Japanese, telling Ash he's such a child at least once.
111** Clemont's invention of the week seems to end up GoneHorriblyWrong.
112* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Ranma's [[GenderBender transformation]] initially is this, but is increasingly {{averted|Trope}} or implied to happen offscreen. At the very beginning, the threat of it being revealed was once an episode. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot They didn't so much waste a perfectly good plot, more one of their best gags,]] not to mention plenty of [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl perfectly good]] FanService [[ClothingDamage opportunities]].
113* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': Though they aren't uniformly every single episode, there are several repeating scenes that happen in ''almost'' every episode with accompanying StockFootage and catch-phrases, including ones specific to each arc, such as:
114** A meeting of the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, who take a dramatic elevator ride up to their terrace.
115** An absurd play put on by the Shadow Play Girls, which is the most recurring of all the segments.
116** Most episodes have a duel with the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] or BrainwashedAndCrazy VictimOfTheWeek, which is accompanied with a recurring stair climb (or later, elevator ride) up to the dueling arena and other recurring framing scenes.
117** In the Black Rose arc, the VictimOfTheWeek attends the Mikage Seminar.
118** In the Akio arc, a character is taken on a drive in Akio's car.
119* ''Manga/{{Rizelmine}}'': main male character making her cry her explosive tears, although that was backed off a bit in the second season when things got a little more serious. But the dog was still there in every episode.
120* The ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'':
121** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': [[CombiningMecha To combine their vehicles]] -needless to say, it happened every episode-, the team yelled "Let's combine", and if they were ready to combine correctly, [[RobotBuddy Ropetto]] authorized the combination repeating: "Combine OK". And then you have the FinishingMove ("Choudenji Tatsumaki" and "Choudenji Spin") that were used every episode.
122** ''Anime/VoltesV'': Again, the FiveManBand every episode yelled "Let's Volt In!" to combine in Voltes-V. And every episode they killed the MonsterOfTheWeek with the [[FinishingMove V-Slash]].
123** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Every episode, to {{transform|ingMecha}} and activate Daimos, Kazuya yelled "Daimos, Battle Turn!", -pretty uselessly- as performing a kata with his arms.
124* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Usagi's transforms into Sailor Moon in almost every episode, and in almost all of the other episodes she is already transformed when the episode starts. Also, Sailor Moon defeats the MonsterOfTheWeek with whatever that season's attack is, if it's not a final battle that involves some more serious moon juju or one of the rare episodes where one of the other Senshi defeats the monster without her.
125* In the YuriGenre series ''Manga/SakuraTrick'', Haruka and Yuu ''kiss at least once'' in every manga chapter. The anime adapts two chapters per episode, so there's a bare minimum of two kisses per episode.
126* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'':
127** Itoshiki-sensei says "I'm in despair!" (or "Zetsuboushita!" in Japanese) at least once after a short clip of him looking surprised/afraid/overly-dramatic in different directions. Usually, he'll give the full line: [[MadLibsCatchPhrase "I'm in despair! ''X'' has left me in despair!"]]
128** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d several times in the anime when other, usually minor, characters declare "I'm in despair!" and Itoshiki promptly replies along the lines of "Thats MY line."
129** Kaere also gets a panty shot every episode, and there are smaller things like a stork showing up in the background. These are all lampshaded when Itoshiki-sensei tries to explain all the once-per-episode elements [[NoFourthWall to new viewers]]. He can't come up with a good reason why they're all there.
130* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Once every episode either Ken the Eagle, one of the other team members, or even all of the team members would scream "Bird Go!", "Transmute!", "G-Force Transform!", or "Eagle Mode now!" depending [[Anime/BattleOfThePlanets on]] [[Anime/GForceGuardiansOfSpace the]] [[Anime/EagleRiders version]] (or, if you watch the Spanish dubbing, "Mutación", although this is not an accurate translation -mutación=mutation- but sounds even cooler)" to [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull change their civilian clothes into their super-hero costumes]].
131* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'': The opening AspectMontage. Showing Lain on the street outside her house where the shadows aren't quite right.
132* In ''Anime/StarDriver'', various members of the Glittering Crux Brigade yell "Open the cybercasket!" once an episode in order to summon their [[HumongousMecha Cybodies]]. Also, there's a TransformationSequence each episode when [[{{Bishonen}} Takuto]] becomes the Galactic Pretty Boy.
133* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}! Yume Kira Dream'' has Yumemitchi and Kiraritchi undergo transformations not unlike what you'd see in typical MagicalGirl fare in every episode.
134* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': {{Magical Girl}}s have to transform once an episode, but in ''Tokyo Mew Mew'', it got bad enough to be an in-joke with fans -- hey, there aren't even ''monsters'' around! What's Mew Ichigo doing exactly?
135* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' features a cat skittering across the screen every episode, some times more obviously than others. Said cat is named Kuroneko-sama ("Lady Black Cat"), and was actually the first character designed for the series.
136* All episodes of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'' have [[ChaoticStupid Tanaka]] stop [[OnlySaneMan Ota]] and [[EmotionlessGirl Robo]] in the beginning of each episode -- in one case, pulling off Ota's earphones -- to talk about something she thinks as "Amazing", which is usually pretty lame.
137* In ''Manga/ZatchBell'', before Ponygon was introduced as a character, he would often be shown walking across the screen for no explicable reason once an episode.
138[[/folder]]
139
140[[folder:Asian Animation]]
141* The ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' mini-season ''Happy Heroes and the Magical Lab'' features a segment in every episode called "Explain This!" where Doctor H. provides details on how an important component of a given piece of technology functions, with said component having been magically removed from all relevant machines by villain character Huo Haha earlier under the command of Big M. after having a less-than-amusing experience with that kind of machine.
142[[/folder]]
143
144[[folder:Comic Books]]
145* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': Each issue ends with a street sign reading "You Are Now Leaving Astro City. Please Drive Carefully." Stories that span multiple issues have each one end with a "To Be Continued" sign instead.
146** "Pastoral" ends with a sign reading "Caplinville City Limits - Come Back Soon!"
147* ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'': The series tends to have TheBigDamnKiss at/near the end of every story, usually a SmoochOfVictory between the titular VillainProtagonist and his lover Eva.
148* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': During Creator/MarkWaid's run, every issue started with the lines "I'm Wally West -- the fastest man alive," or some variation thereof. On rare occasion, especially when Wally or a member of his family needs to deliver a speech with emotional punch, other writers still riff on this.
149* ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'': Mr. Immortal [[TheyKilledKennyAgain dies]] in all of his appearances.
150* ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'': The series has featured many once-an-issue gags in its time, from the fairly subtle 'hidden message' in each issue (usually something helpful such as 'This Is The Hidden Message'), through the ever-changing job titles given to co-writer Mark Evanier (WhatExactlyIsHisJob), to the [[EveryoneChasingYou Everyone Chasing Groo]] ending, complete with SpoofAesop.
151* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': ''ComicBook/Hawkeye2012'' always starts with Clint thinking "Okay, this looks bad" or some variation of it.
152* ''Comicbook/SpiderGirl'': Every issue opens with "Your name is May 'Mayday' Parker, and you are the daughter of Spider-Man," or some variation of it.
153[[/folder]]
154
155[[folder:Comic Strips]]
156* ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'': Ignatz Mouse attempts (with varying degrees of success) to acquire a brick and hurl it at Krazy Kat. (Okay, this only happens in maybe 75% of the strips, so maybe it should go under RunningGag.)
157[[/folder]]
158
159[[folder:Fan Works]]
160* The majority of the videos in ''WebVideo/TheBuggerAnthology'' have a Dalek say "Bugger!" at least once, whether it be out loud or conveyed via subtitles.
161* The ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' specials for ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' (except for the AprilFoolsDay special) each has a character giving similar self-descriptions:
162--> '''Nappa:''' I am hilarious and you will quote everything I say.\
163'''Guru:''' ''(dying)'' I am hilarious... and you will quote... everything... I... say.\
164'''Adroid 16:''' I am hilarious and you will birds birds birds Goku.\
165'''Perfect Cell:''' I am perfect and you will quote everything I say.
166* Almost every level in ''VideoGame/ThePeerGyntening'' starts with a disclaimer that it isn’t a part of ''VideoGame/{{Black Heart|Ol666}}''.
167* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', the AuthorAppeal of food is brought about with a variety of food being described in each chapter.
168* ''WebVideo/RanmaOneHalfTheAbridgedChronicles'' has several once-per-episode gags, [[WordOfGod as stated by the creators.]] This list includes a scene with Genma as a panda with flashing yellow text exclaiming something about the panda, a [[Radio/TheFrantics boot to the head]], a musical interlude (usually to draw out fight scenes), someone exclaiming "Son of a bitch," and of course, Ranma getting turned into a girl, usually without a top on. While not all of these happen each episode, they occur enough to qualify.
169-->'''Ranma:''' Stupid one-topless-scene-per-episode contract!
170* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Haara's spear gets [[WreckedWeapon broken or lost]] pretty much every story, forcing her to resort to [[BareFistedMonk martial arts]] for the rest of her current adventure.
171[[/folder]]
172
173[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
174* The Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es actually cried at least once in their films:
175** ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': When Snow White gets lost in the woods.
176** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': When the Ugly Stepsisters [[KickTheDog tear up Cinderella's pink dress]].
177** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': When Aurora hears about her [[Dangerous16thBirthday 16th birthday]] from the fairies.
178** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': When King Triton destroys Ariel's belongings.
179** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': When Belle is forced to stay as the Beast's "prisoner", and during the Beast's [[DisneyDeath "death."]]
180** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': After Jasmine believes Aladdin was wrongly executed.
181** ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'': When Pocahontas discovers that John Smith is going to be executed for the alleged murder of Kocoum.
182** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': After Mulan gets into an argument with her father about joining the war in his place, before deciding to disguise herself as a male soldier and go off anyway.
183** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': When Tiana is refused by the contractors from the construction of her future restaurant.
184** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida cries when it looks like she's too late to reverse the curse on her mother.
185** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': During Flynn's [[DisneyDeath "death."]]
186** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Elsa, after [[spoiler:Anna froze and saved her life]].
187** ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Moana is brought to tears when Maui ditches her after their failed first attempt to get past Te Ka.
188** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen II}}'': Anna, [[DiedInYourArmsTonight after Olaf disappears in Anna's arms]] which is proof that Elsa died.
189* This is actually very common in Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Here are some of the most notable examples:
190** [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Ratzenberger]] is the only voice actor to appear in every single Pixar film up to and including ''Soul'' (lampshaded in a short scene during the end credits of ''Cars''). Here are all of the characters Ratzenberger has voiced:
191*** The ''Franchise/ToyStory'' series films: Hamm the piggy bank
192*** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': P. T. Flea
193*** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'': [[BigfootSasquatchandYeti Yeti the Abominable Snowman]]
194*** ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': [[HiveMind The Moonfish]]
195*** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' and ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': [[TunnelKing The Underminer]]
196*** The ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' films: Mack the semitruck
197*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Mustafa the waiter
198*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Walle}}'': [[TheDanza John the human]]
199*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Tom the foreman
200*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Gordon the guard
201*** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'': One of the mind workers
202*** ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'': Earl the ''Velociraptor''
203*** ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'': Bill the crab
204*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Juan Ortodoncia (the skeleton with the braces)
205*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Fennwick the cyclops construction worker
206*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'': [[AsHimself Non-speaking cameo]]
207** [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 The "Pizza Planet" truck]], a rusty, beaten-up yellow pickup truck that appears in every single Pixar film, aside from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. Here are all of the truck's appearances:
208*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': The truck's debut. Serves as Woody and Buzz Lightyear's transportation to [[SuckECheeses the Pizza Planet restaurant.]]
209*** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': Can be seen being parked outside of a trailer home.
210*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Can be seen being stolen by Andy's toys as an attempt for them all to get to an airport.
211*** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': See the ''A Bug's Life'' example above, as Randall is banished to that same trailer home.
212*** ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Appears during Gill's description of his escape plan. Can also be seen driving by at the end of the film during the scene where the Tank Gang finally succeed in escaping from the dentist's fish tank.
213*** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' is an aversion. Fans have argued for years as to if it's even in the film, but Brad Bird himself confirmed that it wasn't.
214*** ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'': Is anthropomorphized and is given the name "Todd".
215*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Can be seen driving on a bridge way off in the background during the scene where Remy is chased by [[EvilChef Skinner]], but it's really hard for animation fans to spy this vehicle.
216*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Walle}}'': Can be seen among a trash heap at the very beginning of the film.
217*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': Can be seen parked alongside a sidewalk during the scene when Carl Friedrickson's house flies away into the sky.
218*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Serves as [[BigBad Lotso]] and [[TheDragon Big Baby's]] transportation to Sunnyside Daycare.
219*** ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'': Todd makes a reappearance in this film.
220*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Yes, the truck appears in this movie [[AnachronismStew despite taking place in medieval Scotland.]] It's a FreezeFrameBonus when the wood carver is cutting a log.
221*** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'': Parked outside the ROR house during the party.
222*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Parked in front of the Rivera shoemaking business with music playing on the radio, which Miguel's mother promptly chases off.
223*** ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': outside the building where Elastigirl captures and rescues the Screenslaver decoy. The truck likely belonged to him considering Screenslaver revealed the decoy she set up was a pizza delivery guy.
224*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': During the shot of Ian and Barley at the toll booths. It is appropriately renamed "Pizza Realm".
225*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': In the form of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ape Piaggio Ape]] so that it doesn't look out-of-place in Portorosso. It can be seen [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ercole_pizza_planet2.jpg behind Ercole]] during the downhill portion of the race, after Ercole retrieves his harpoon, but just before Luca and Alberto merge with Ercole on the main downhill street.
226*** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': As Mei heads towards the Skydome in her giant red panda form, she passes it parked on her left.
227** Also, A113 constantly appears in the backgrounds of all of the films (A113 is actually the name of the classroom most of the Pixar staff worked at at the California Institute of Art and Technology). Here are all of the appearances of A113:
228*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': The license plate on Mrs. Davis' minivan.
229*** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': The barcode number on the cereal box used for a building for the insect city Flik visits in the film.
230*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': A call number for [=LassetAir=] (a possible reference to Creator/JohnLasseter) A113 is mentioned during the airport scene. Also, the aforementioned A113 license place makes a reappearance in the film.
231*** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': A sign on the wall in the background during the scene where Sulley thinks that Boo got crushed to death in the trash compactor.
232*** ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': The model code on the camera the scuba divers used to stun Marlin just right after capturing Nemo
233*** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': The cell Mr. Incredible is held captive inside [[BigBad Syndrome's]] lair (floor A1, cell 13). Was also mentioned earlier in the film by [[TheDragon Mirage.]]
234*** ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'': Mater's license plate. Also, the number on [[AllThereInTheScript Trev Diesel]] (the locomotive that almost hit Lightning [=McQueen=] on his way to Radiator Springs)'s headlights and running boards.
235*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': The tag on Git the lab rat's ear.
236*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Walle}}'': Directive A113. Also, [[StealthPun WALL•E's name.]][[note]] It's actually A113 written in {{Leetspeak}}, but with a "W" added to the front[[/note]]
237*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': The sign in front of the courtroom Carl Friedrickson's trial was held for hitting a foreman attempting to demolish his house.
238*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': The A113 license place returns, but it's now on a hatchback instead of a minivan.
239*** ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'': The number on Siddely (Finn [=McMissile=]'s fighter jet sidekick)'s tailfin. Also, the A113 license plate makes a reappearance in this film along with Mater.
240*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': [[StealthPun "ACXIII"]] is seen above the Witch's door.
241*** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'': The number on the door to Scaring 101.
242*** ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'': The number on the door to Sterling's office at the Rust-eze Racing Center. Mater's license plate once more.
243*** ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': On the marquee at the theater Violet and Tony go to for their first date. Also seen in the model number of the out-of-control hover-train, on an oven in the Parrs' new house, and in other places.
244*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'': As a tattoo on one of the carnies, making this the only Toy Story film where the truck doesn't physically appear.
245*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': At the end, spoken as a police code on a walkie talkie, when a cop says, "We have a one-thirteen in progress."
246*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': On the ticket number seen on a train ticket.
247*** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Three times in the movie: the [=SkyDome=] seat number seen in the TV ad for 4*Town, the actual ticket featured in the credits, and the chalk wheelbarrow used by Jin to makeshift a stadium-sized banishing circle for Ming.
248** And just about every single Pixar film has [[EarlyBirdCameo at least one cameo of a future Pixar character.]]
249*** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo.]]
250*** ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1 Mr. Incredible.]]
251*** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': [[WesternAnimation/Cars1 Doc Hudson.]]
252*** ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Lifted]]'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Linguini.]]
253*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Dug the dog.]]
254*** ''WesternAnimation/YourFriendTheRat'': WesternAnimation/{{Walle}}.
255*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Lotso Bear.]]
256*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 Finn McMissile]].
257*** ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Queen Eleanor, Princess Merida, King Fergus, and the Royal Triplets]] ''[[MindScrew as cars...]]''
258*** ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Air Mater]]'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Planes}} Skipper and Sparky]] (Not technically a Pixar film, but under Lasseter's watch).
259*** ''{{WesternAnimation/Brave}}'': One of the witch's relief carvings depicts [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity Sulley]].
260*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': There is a poster with the ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' emblem on it on a wall in Santa Cecilia, visible in one of the scenes where Miguel runs home.
261*** ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': A reference to ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' was included, but, according to the director, "It’s very well hidden and we don’t want to spoil any surprises for ''Turning Red.'' So that might be more of a later reveal." [[https://www.pixarpost.com/2021/08/turning-red-easter-egg-in-luca.html It was eventually discovered by a fan]] with [[https://twitter.com/sketchcrawl/status/1426721941067419648 Enrico confirming it,]] that the music record in Giulia's room is by "4*Villaggi", an Italian parody of the in-universe BoyBand from that film, 4*Town.
262*** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': A sticker of [[WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}} Sox]] appears on Miriam's skateboard. A [[http://www.impawards.com/2022/turning_red_ver13_xlg.html promotional poster]] also features said sticker.
263** Speaking of ''Franchise/ToyStory'', the joke with Buzz believing himself to be a genuine space ranger is present in the first three movies: Buzz's character arc in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Bonus Belt Buzz in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', and Spanish Buzz in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
264*** The four Toy Story films also each have one instance where Buzz's voice button is pressed repeatedly, causing him to emit, "Buzz--Buzz--Buzz--Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!"
265* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films have Shrek saying "Better out than in, I always say". This includes the [[Pinball/FamilyGuy pinball machine]]. [[BorrowedCatchphrase Fionna says it in the fourth one, though.]]
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269* ''Film/AmericanPie'': The three main movies feature Stifler coming into unwanted contact with one kind of human excreta or other, Jim getting caught masturbating in a ridiculous way, and Finch having sex with Stifler's Mom. Averted somewhat in the fourth movie, ''American Reunion'': while Jim still gets caught masturbating, Stifler makes someone else come into unwanted contact with his feces, and he has sex with Finch's mom.
270* The ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy:
271** All three movie feature a wide overhead shot of Marty walking into the town square, looking astonished as he sees his hometown in a different time period, along with a clear shot of the town clock's current state in that particular era.
272** All three movies include a confrontation between Marty and a Tannen (Biff/Griff/Buford—[[IdenticalGrandson all played by]] Thomas F. Wilson) in a diner/saloon, followed by a major ChaseScene.
273** In all three movies, Marty gets knocked out, initially wakes up assuming his recent time travel was AllJustADream, but realizes it’s not when his mother/great-great-grandmother (both played by Creator/LeaThompson, even though [[IdenticalStranger the two characters aren’t related]]) assures him he’s back in 1955/Biff’s casino/on the [=McFly=] farm.
274** The first two movies also had Biff being covered in manure (not the same instance) while the [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII third movie]] has his ''ancestor'' be covered in manure, and telling how they hate manure.
275* The ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'' has many:
276** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PNPaA02alg An appearance by Cornetti ice cream]] (hence the title), with a different color representing the film. In ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', it's red for zombies. In ''Film/HotFuzz'', it's blue for police. In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', it's green for aliens.
277** An appearance by the red arcade game.
278** A character trying and failing to jump over a fence.
279* All three ''Daimajin'' films have similar premises: evil feudal lord oppresses Japanese peasants, the eponymous god takes a physical form, evil feudal lord's castle gets destroyed and the god turns back to a statue. The climactic destruction also features some poor bastard getting stepped on.
280* Jonathan Crane, a.k.a. "The Scarecrow", is the only villain to appear in every single film of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
281** In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', he is a major secondary villain.
282** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', he is trying to sell his fear toxin to some mobsters, then is caught by Batman when trying to escape.
283** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', [[HangingJudge he is promoted to being the official leader of Bane's Kangaroo Court after being set free by him]], which basically involves him sentencing Bane's opponents to death. He is presumed to have been arrested afterwards but given that he is not mentioned towards the end, this cannot be confirmed.
284* Every installment in the ''Film/DirtyHarry'' series has Harry running into someone committing a robbery and stopping them.
285* ''Film/HomeAlone'':
286** The first two films:
287*** Kate upon realizing Kevin's absence- "KEVIN!!".
288*** Kevin being sent to the Third Floor after being provoked by [[BigBrotherBully his older brother]] Buzz.
289*** The family oversleeping and barely making their flight.
290*** MistakenIdentity plot setup: In the first film, the boy who lives across the street is counted during the pre-departure head count, resulting in a correct count which the adults take to mean that every member of the family is present. In the second film, Kevin loses sight of his family while rushing through the airport, spots a man wearing the same overcoat as Peter who he mistakes for his father and follows him onto a plane bound for New York instead of his family's flight to Miami.
291*** Kevin looking around for his family members as they are nowhere to be found.
292*** Kevin's enthusiasm after a beat when he realizes what has happened to him:
293*** First film: "I made my family disappear"
294*** Second film: "My family's in Florida, and I'm in New York"
295*** The scene that follows each realization.
296*** The Wet Bandits targeting something meaningful to Kevin: His family's home in the first film, and the money for the Children's Hospital in the second.
297*** Kevin watching WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas.
298*** Kevin finding himself on the wrong side of the law: In the first film, while attempting to purchase a toothbrush, he encounters Old Man Marley (who is believed to be a dangerous serial killer), and runs out of the store with the unpaid toothbrush while being confronted by the store clerk as well as a police officer. In the second film, the Plaza Hotel concierge discovers Peter's credit card, which he used to pay for his room, has been reported stolen, and intends to report Kevin to the police.
299*** The rest of the family sitting around with Film/ItsAWonderfulLife on TV dubbed in French in the first film and in Spanish in the second film.
300*** Kevin's initial fear of the MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Old Man Marley in the first film, the Pigeon Lady in the second film. Kevin has a heart to heart with each during a Christmas music program (The church choir in the first film, Carnegie Hall in the second film.) In each movie, this is who saves him from the Wet Bandits.
301*** Kevin laying out his traps in anticipation of the Wet Bandits.
302*** Harry's scalp being set aflame by Kevin's blowtorch trap.
303*** The Wet Bandit's finally trap Kevin and attempt to harm him in each film, and the MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold shows up to rescue Kevin.
304*** During the arrest of the Wet Bandits in each film: Marv spelling out "W-E-T" in the first film and attempting to spell "Sticky" in the second, as well as Harry telling Marv to "Shut Up!"
305*** Kevin watching Old Man Marley reunite with his estranged son in the first film and giving the Pigeon Lady the Turtle Dove in the second. Each scene is interrupted by the last line of the film, which is spoken to Kevin by one of the other Mc Callisters about some mischief that Kevin had gotten himself into: In the first film, he is called out by Buzz for having (accidentally) trashed Buzz's bedroom. In the second film, it is Peter who calls him out for racking a huge room service charge on his credit card.
306* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
307** Every film will include Indy fighting a [[GiantMook big strong henchman]] (in the first three, played by the same actor) who'll end up being killed in an extraordinarily violent fashion.
308** Every movie involves the BigBad trying to harness a powerful magical (or ''[[ClarkesThirdLaw seemingly]]'' magical) artifact, only to have it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfire on him/her in the end]] due to hubris and suffer a horrific end.
309* Most (but not all) ''Film/JamesBond'' films have him say "Bond. James Bond." Which is a problem if you are playing the drinking game. He also usually gets involved with two or three women per movie, and in many of the films at least one of them [[CartwrightCurse gets killed off]] (this, however, is a stereotype as many Bond films do avoid killing off the characters). Also, the BondGunBarrel and the animated credits are always there, even if altered a bit sometimes (at least in the EON Films series). (see also the series' entry on StrictlyFormula)
310* The Swedish comedy movies ''Jönssonligan'' always had Sickan say "''Jag har en plan''" ("''I've got a plan''").
311** The Danish comedy movies ''Olsen-Banden,'' of which Jönsonsligan is a Swedish remake, had Egon Olsen in jail at the beginning of a story, and he'd come out of jail with a plan wrapped in brown paper, and he'd say ''"Jeg har en plan"''. And the wonderfully brilliant plan would somehow misfire and Egon would be arrested, usually in the place of the real crook.
312* 11 of the 12 Creator/MarxBrothers films had Chico play the piano and Harpo play the harp.
313* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
314** Every single one of the sequels, to date, features ''one'' character from [[Film/JurassicPark1993 the original]]'s EnsembleCast returning as a central character. It's Ian Malcolm in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', Alan Grant in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', Dr. Henry Wu (returning [[FaceHeelTurn as an antagonist]]) in ''Film/JurassicWorld'', and Malcolm again in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.
315** Though their screen-time varies from film to film, every movie features an obligatory appearance from '''a''' ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and '''several''' ''Velociraptors''. Though the ''T. rex'' has always been a [[SmallTaxonomyPools stock dinosaur]], the latter is notable because the series ''made'' the ''Velociraptor'' a Stock Dinosaur almost singlehandedly; ever since [[BreakoutCharacter the ecstatic audience response to the creatures back in 1997]], it's unthinkable to do a ''Jurassic Park'' film without including them.
316* Almost every official Creator/MarvelComics movie has a CreatorCameo by Creator/StanLee up until his death in 2018.
317** ''Film/XMen1'': Hot dog vendor on the beach when the now-mutated senator escapes Magneto.
318** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Man watering his lawn in Jean Gray flashback. Bonus points for including Creator/ChrisClaremont in the same scene, as Stan's neighbor.
319** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Man in neighborhood with sunglasses on watching the nukes fly up into space. The shot zooms in on his sunglasses showing the nukes in the lenses. Bonus points for the woman with him being his real life wife.
320** ''Film/SpiderMan1'': Old man shielding little girl from falling debris during the Goblin's parade attack.
321** ''Film/SpiderMan2'': Old man pulling woman away from debris during the battle on the clock tower.
322** ''Film/SpiderMan3'': Talks to Peter while both are reading a news bulletin about Spider-Man.
323** ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': Security guard; [[ThePointsMeanNothing bonus points]] for being alongside Creator/LouFerrigno.
324** ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'': Old man almost hit by bus.
325** ''Film/FantasticFour2005'': Mailman Willie Lumpkin (the first time he played one of his own characters).
326** ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer'': Denied access to the wedding, despite claiming to [[AdamWesting be Stan Lee.]]
327** ''Film/IronMan1'': Mistaken for Hugh Hefner at the casino.
328** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'': Accidentally drinks soda laced with Banner blood.
329** ''Film/IronMan2'': Mistaken for Larry King at Stark Expo.
330** ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Truck driver who unsuccessfully tries to tow Thor's hammer from a crater.
331** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': General at the award ceremony.
332** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Interviewed about the heroes in the ending (and, ironically, the only random citizen to claim the idea of "superheroes in new York" is "ridiculous").
333** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': Working in the school library while listening to music on headphones, which renders him oblivious to [[spoiler:Spidey and the Lizard tearing the place apart]].
334** ''Film/IronMan3'': As a beauty pageant judge.
335** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'': A patient in the psych ward Selvig is attending.
336** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': The security guard in the Smithsonian at the Cap exhibit.
337** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': Graduation guest.
338** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'': "Xandarian Ladies' Man."
339** ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': In a portrait at Fred's house and in a post credit sequence where [[spoiler: Fred finds his secret room]].
340** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Attends a party with the Avengers and gets drunk on Thor's mead alongside his WWII veteran buddies.
341** ''Film/AntMan1'': A bartender in one of Luis' stories.
342** ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'': A DJ at a strip club.
343** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': a delivery man at the Avengers base.
344** ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'': a passenger in a bus that Mordo and Doctor Strange land on top/on the side of. He doesn't notice, given that the two are in the Mirror Dimension.
345** Noticeably absent in ''Film/{{Logan}}''. {{Justified|Trope}} in that it really, really wouldn't have fit the tone of the movie. He does appear in the ''online'' version of the ''Film/Deadpool2'' teaser that aired before ''Logan'' (although not in the version of the teaser that actually aired before ''Logan''): when Deadpool finally comes out of the phone booth, Lee remarks that Deadpool has a nice suit. Deadpool tells him to can it.
346** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': Having a conversation with [[spoiler:The Watchers]] about his previous incarnations.
347** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': The old barber that cut's Thor's hair on Sakaar.
348** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'': A Thirsty Gambler (per the credits) in the Korean casino.
349** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Peter's school bus driver (who is unfazed at the idea of spaceships invading New York City).
350** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'': Old man whose car is shrunk by an errant disk fired by the Wasp.
351** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse:'' The owner of a comics shop who sells Miles his first Spider-Man costume.
352** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'': As himself riding the LA Metro, reading the script for ''Film/{{Mallrats}}''. As the franchise's first movie after his death, the LogoJoke is also redone in his image, with his past cameos and promotional appearances taking the place of the heroes.
353** ''Film/AvengersEndgame:'' A hippie in 1970s New Jersey.
354* Every Phase 2 Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movie or series involves someone [[AnArmAndALeg losing or having lost a hand]], as a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
355** ''Film/IronMan3'': [[spoiler: Killian]] and [[spoiler: Brandt]]. They got better.
356** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'': [[spoiler: Thor himself]] though not really.
357** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': [[spoiler: The eponymous Winter Soldier, [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky Barnes]]]].
358** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'': [[spoiler: [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] starts with a cybernetic hand, later removes it to escape]].
359** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': [[spoiler: Ulysses Klaue]].
360** ''Film/AntMan1'': [[spoiler: Darren Cross]].
361** ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': [[spoiler: Director Coulson]].
362** They end up doing variants of it eventually, as ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' shows how Nick Fury lost his eye and in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' [[spoiler:Thor]] loses his eye. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler: Thanos loses his ''head''.]]
363* Similarly, from Phase 2 onwards, every movie had the loss of parental figures as a plot element, ranging from Zemo using TheReveal of who was responsible for killing Tony's parents to drive him over the edge in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', or the multitude of MentorOccupationalHazard victims over the course of Phases 2 and 3: [[spoiler: Yondu, T'chaka, Frigga, Odin]]. Then ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' inverted the theme by having [[spoiler: Thanos lose Gamora and Tony losing Peter]].
364* In the MCU, every ''Captain America'' movie has Bucky using Steve's Captain America shield in some capacity.
365** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Bucky picks it up after Steve drops it and uses it as a regular shield while shooting his pistol.
366** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': As the Winter Soldier, Bucky manages to get it off of Steve, and wields it much more efficiently, using it to beat Steve, while also throwing it a few times.
367** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': When Steve and Bucky fight Iron Man in the film's climax, the two share use of the shield, and Bucky is skilled enough that he can now throw the shield in the same way Steve does, bouncing it at deliberate angles to attack Tony and pass it to Steve.
368* Thor and Loki in the MCU also find themselves in the same situation in most films:
369** Thor has his face smashed against the glass in most MCU movies in which he appears: while being pacified in the hospital in ''Film/{{Thor}}'', while falling inside the GlassyPrison after being tricked by Loki in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', while sliding along the skyscraper during the final battle in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', inside the Valkyrie's ship in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and when landing on the Guardians' ship windshield in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
370** Loki is seen lying helpless on his back on the floor in every MCU movie in which he appears: when weighed down by Mjolnir during the final fight with his brother in ''Film/{{Thor}}'', after being [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by Hulk in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', after being stabbed by Kurse in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', [[spoiler:after being tasered by Thor]] in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and [[spoiler:after being strangled to death by Thanos]] in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
371* Every single ''Avengers'' movie ends in [[BigBadassBattleSequence a huge battle]] between the Avengers & their allies against a villain and his armies.
372** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': The original six Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye) vs. Loki and his Chitauri fleet.
373** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': The above six plus War Machine, The Vision, Scarlett Witch, Quicksilver, and Nick Fury's helicarrier against Ultron and his army of drones.
374** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Captain America, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, the Vision, Scarlet Witch, Bucky Barnes, War Machine, The Falcon, Thor, Rocket Raccoon, Black Panther and the Wakandan army vs Thanos, the Black Order, and the Outriders.
375** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler:The original six Avengers (minus [[KilledOffForReal Black Widow]]), Nebula, War Machine, everyone who was dusted in ''Infinity War'', Ant-Man, the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the armies of Wakanda, [[TookALevelInBadass Pepper Potts]], Captain Marvel, Valkyrie and the Asgardian army, Korg and Miek, Kraglin and the Ravagers, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Howard the Duck]] vs Thanos from the past, the Black Order, the Outriders, ''and'' the Chitauri.]]
376* All three films in the ''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy'' have a Parker yell, "WHAT THE [[CurseCutShort FU-]]?!":
377** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' ends with [[spoiler:Aunt May stumbling upon Peter in his Spider-Man suit and yelling the phrase before getting cut off by the credits]].
378** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' ends with [[spoiler:Mysterio exposing Peter's identity as Spider-Man in front of the whole world, and ''Peter'' is the one who yells the phrase before getting cut off by the credits again]].
379** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' picks up where ''Far From Home'' left off, and thus starts with the same "WHAT THE FU-?!" as the end of that film. This time, it's cut off by a car honk.
380* In all three ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films, despite acting tough and is one of the more [[{{Jerkass}} jerkish]] Guardians (less so as his CharacterDevelopment goes on), [[Characters/MCURocketRaccoon Rocket]] is the one who sheds [[TenderTears tears of empathy]] for someone in every film of the trilogy:
381** ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Vol. 1]]'': When Groot is about to die.
382** ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Vol. 2]]'': During Yondu's funeral.
383** ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3 Vol. 3]]'': [[spoiler: When he saves all the baby raccoons and sees all the other animals in the cages]].
384* Every Creator/MarxBrothers movie will have a scene of Harpo playing the harp and Chico playing the piano. Sometimes the scenes will be back-to-back (as in ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''), sometimes they'll be integrated into the ExcusePlot, and sometimes they'll be there [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment just because.]]
385* ''Film/MissionImpossible'':
386** Just like the series, every movie has a mission briefing that ends with the device giving them their orders self-destructing. Jokingly played with in the fourth, where one device fails to detonate and Ethan has to [[PercussiveMaintenance slam it to get it to work.]]
387*** Also {{foreshadowing}} since from that point on, pretty much anything than can go wrong with the mission, does.
388** Every movie has somebody (usually Ethan) doing a MissionImpossibleCableDrop. While the first movie has a reason for the sprawled position (making sure not to touch the weight sensitive floor) the other films don't have any such justification except as an internal homage. Played with in ''Ghost Protocol'': Brandt is seen in the signature pose, but no cables are involved; instead he is actually being pushed up by a large magnet below him and a magnetic suit he's wearing.
389** All of the movies feature [[spoiler:spies who turned rogue]] as villains, except the fourth which bucks the trend. Usually the spies in question are [[spoiler:former IMF Agents]].
390** All of the movies also feature someone [[DramaticUnmask revealing]] themselves as an IMF agent in disguise by removing a [[LatexPerfection mask]]. Sometimes the villain of the movie does this too.
391** Every ''Mission Impossible'' movie since ''III'' has featured an action sequence of Tom Cruise [[BigHeroicRun running]] full out for minutes at a time to either escape or catch someone.
392* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
393** All the films had variations of "[[MemeticMutation Why is the rum gone?]]"
394** Every movie has TheStinger and mentions parley.
395* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Film/PulpFiction'' when Mia says that her character would have told one joke every episode, if her {{Pilot}} actually worked out.
396* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
397** Every movie includes a cameo by Creator/BruceCampbell, as well as an in-movie performance of the 1960's TV show's theme.
398** ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' noted that every film, perhaps unintentionally, involves Spider-Man struggling with his powers, breaking up with Mary Jane and battling [[SelfDisposingVillain a villain who eventually kills themself]].
399** ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' also commented that each film has a shot of Peter attempting to call MJ and having to leave an awkward voicemail while MJ stands next to the phone at the other end listening to him record it with her arms folded.
400* Each ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' film, including the animated sequels ''[[WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersInvasion Invasion]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarshipTroopersTraitorOfMars Traitor of Mars]]'', will usually have someone -- typically Jonny Rico -- rally soldiers with the phrase: "C'mon, you apes! You want to live forever?!"
401* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has many, due to the formulaic nature of the films.
402** Every film has the phrase, "I've got a bad feeling about this." Much ExpandedUniverse material homages this practice, with the video game ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'' going as far as suggesting the player should save their game every time it gets uttered.
403*** Initially averted in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' in that no human explicitly says it. Ultimately played straight: director Creator/RianJohnson confirmed BB-8 says it to Poe at one point in his droidspeak, to which Poe replies, "Happy beeps here, buddy."
404*** ''Film/RogueOne'' has the first episode of the franchise in which the phrase is cut off before finishing it, and [[spoiler:the film [[EverybodyDiesEnding doesn't end well]] for the protagonists]].
405*** During the climax of ''Film/{{Solo}}'' the [[Characters/StarWarsHanSoloCharacterSheet titular character]] cheerfully says [[SubvertedCatchphrase "I've got a really good feeling about this."]]
406** Every film also has the phrase "May the Force be with you" or a slight variation.
407** Every movie through ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (even ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'') includes the WilhelmScream, a stock sound effect famous enough to have its own trope page. But then, almost every action movie features the Wilhelm Scream -- a lot of them as a ShoutOut to ''Star Wars''. Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} changed to a different stock scream in 2016 (starting with ''Film/RogueOne'').
408** Every single film contains a BigNo, some bigger than others.
409** All [[MythArc Episodic]] films (though not the Anthology films) begin with the opening narration scrolling against a starry sky. When the narration ends, the camera pans to a ship flying through space.
410** Every film introduces a new Force power:
411*** ''Film/ANewHope'': Mind trick, Force choke, Force sense, oneness with the Force
412*** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Telekinesis, telepathy, Force jump, Force vision, Force ghosts, precognition
413*** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': Force lightning, mind reading, and (unintentionally) [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_kick Force Kick]]
414*** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Force speed, Force push (offensive variant of telekinesis), Force-induced pregnancy (Anakin's parentage)
415*** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'': Force avalanche / Force reflect/absorb (when Yoda turns Dooku's lightning back on him, and later absorbs a second one)
416*** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Force reflect (Yoda first blocks Palpatine's lightning at close range, when the two of them come to contact a deflagration ensues)
417*** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': Force stasis, a more invasive form of Force mind reading, and a more immersive version of the Force vision
418*** ''Film/RogueOne'': Force stasis reflect (when Vader freezes a rebel's blaster bolt, and ''then'' throws it back at him.)
419*** ''Film/TheLastJedi'': Force bond (expanding from telepathy shown in ''Empire''), Force bubble (to survive briefly in the vacuum of space), Force ghosts being able to use Force powers, and astral projection.
420*** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': [[spoiler:Force healing (used by Rey and Ben, though this [[https://screenrant.com/star-wars-obi-wan-force-heal-new-hope/?utm_source=SR-FB-P&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_campaign=SR-FB-P&fbclid=IwAR2d_nXwl1bkyAbYPV85-7QzR9W9pOFbqLMYY8qROuoaHRmZasJC2wpNdI4 may have been seen]] in ''A New Hope''), matter transportation through Force bonds (hinted at in ''The Last Jedi''), and Force drain (used by Palpatine)]]
421** All films have an ending sequence with music and no dialogue.
422** Starting with ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and every film chronologically after it there’s a big LongLostRelative revelation:
423*** ''The Empire Strikes Back'': [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Luke’s father is Darth Vader]]]].
424*** ''Return of the Jedi'': [[spoiler:Luke and Leia are brother and sister SeparatedAtBirth]].
425*** ''The Force Awakens'': Kylo Ren is actually [[spoiler:Ben Solo, the son of Han and Leia,]] in a TomatoSurprise.
426*** ''The Last Jedi'': Subverted, when the film seems to be building up to a big reveal about [[spoiler:Rey’s parentage, but it turns out they were “nobody”]].
427*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'': ''The Last Jedi'' is [[{{Retcon}} reconned]] by making [[spoiler:Rey the granddaughter of Palpatine.[[note]]Or, if the novelization is take as canon, technically his genetic daughter as his "son" was actually a rogue clone.[[/note]] Rey being descended from “nobody” is [[MetaphoricallyTrue “true from a certain point of view”]] as her father was Palpatine’s estranged son[[note]]or clone[[/note]] who tried to live anonymously]].
428** Count on at least one lightsaber battle between Force-users to go down in a Skywalker Saga film, usually towards the end:
429*** ''A New Hope'': Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Darth Vader
430*** ''The Empire Strikes Back'': Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader
431*** ''Return of the Jedi'': Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader
432*** ''The Phantom Menace'': Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn vs. Darth Maul
433*** ''Attack of the Clones'': Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Yoda vs. Count Dooku
434*** ''Revenge of the Sith'': Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Anakin Skywalker, Yoda vs. Palpatine
435*** ''The Force Awakens'': Rey vs. Kylo Ren
436*** ''The Last Jedi'': Luke Skywalker vs. Kylo Ren [[spoiler:(One blow in a flashback, and also in the climax of the film but subverted as Luke is revealed to actually be a projection and lightsabers never clash)]].
437*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'': Rey vs. Kylo Ren (twice), [[spoiler:Luke vs. Leia training in a flashback]]
438** These lightsaber fights almost always end in someone losing a hand as well:
439*** ''A New Hope'': Ponda Baba losing his arm to Obi-Wan in the Cantina
440*** ''The Empire Strikes Back'': Luke to Vader on Cloud City
441*** ''Return of the Jedi'': Vader to Luke on the second Death Star
442*** ''The Phantom Menace'': Several droids get their arms chopped off by lightsabers, and Maul gets his legs (well, really his whole [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe lower half]]).
443*** ''Attack of the Clones'': Anakin to Dooku at the end
444*** ''Revenge of the Sith'': Dooku to Anakin during the beginning (and then some, since the poor guy lost both hands). Mace Windu also loses his hand before getting flung out a window by Palpatine. And finally, Obi-Wan cuts both Anakin's left arm and legs.
445*** ''The Force Awakens'': The rare exception. Kylo Ren takes a lot of injuries including one that causes him to drop his saber during the battle, but this time it seems that he doesn't actually lose a hand, or at least it isn't cut off. Moreover, no lens flare can be accused of hiding it, when the camera focuses on Ren lying in the snow. He does, however, take a pretty nasty slash across the face. Unkar Plutt, ''does'' get his arm ripped out of its socket in a deleted scene, by Chewbacca, [[BrickJoke of course.]]
446*** ''The Last Jedi'': Snoke's Praetorian guards lose limbs to Kylo Ren and Rey. Not to mention [[spoiler: Snoke himself who, while having a hand cut off, was also cut in half by Ren. Luke would have been cut in half by Ren as well, but [[AvertedTrope his presence on Crait was astral projected]]]].
447*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'': [[spoiler:Ben Solo is cutting up the Knights of Ren while Rey is slicing limbs off red troopers in the arena]]
448** Every film with the Millennium Falcon, save ''Return of the Jedi'', has a character disparage the ship at some point, comparing it to garbage or similar:
449*** ''A New Hope'': Luke calls it a "piece of junk", Leia, upon seeing it for the first time says, "You came in that thing?"
450*** ''The Empire Strikes Back'': Leia refers to it as a “bucket of bolts”
451*** ''Return of the Jedi'': The only exception, though Han refers to the stolen Imperial shuttle as a "piece of junk" so at least ''a'' ship gets disparaged
452*** ''The Force Awakens'': Rey calls it "garbage"
453*** ''The Last Jedi'': Kylo Ren calls it junk.
454** In the modern, Disney era of the films, every subsequent film has pulled off an [[SerialEscalation increasingly insane]] stunt with a spaceship's hyperdrive.
455*** ''The Force Awakens'': Han jumps the ''Falcon'' to lightspeed from inside a starship hangar, and later, exiting hyperspace within a planet's atmosphere.
456*** ''Rogue One'': K-2SO does almost the exact opposite of Han's stunt in ''TFA'', jumping the Rebel U-Wing to lightspeed from within a planet's surface, while said surface is [[EarthShatteringKaboom cracking to fiery pieces.]]
457*** ''The Last Jedi'': Admiral Holdo jumps the ''Raddus'' to lightspeed [[spoiler: ''[[RammingAlwaysWorks directly through]]'' Snoke's flagship]].
458*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'' has Poe lightspeed skipping the Falcon to evade pursuers. The tactic damages the ship enough to cause it to be on fire and infuriates Rey to no end.
459** Every Disney era film to date has also included a surprise cameo by a legacy character:
460*** ''The Force Awakens'': [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker]]
461*** ''Rogue One'': [[spoiler:[=R2D2=], [=C3PO=], Darth Vader, and Princess Leia]]
462*** ''The Last Jedi'': [[spoiler:Yoda]]
463*** ''Solo'': [[spoiler:Darth Maul]]
464*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'': [[spoiler:Palpatine]],[[note]]This was announced months before release, though the exact nature of how he was returning was unknown[[/note]] [[spoiler:Han Solo in Ben's vision, Wedge Antilles manning the ''Falcon's'' turret, as well as the vocal cameos from Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.]]
465** All three sequel trilogy films have featured the line "[[ArcWords I know what I have to do]]", always spoken by Kylo Ren at a hugely significant moment for his character.
466*** ''The Force Awakens'': An anguished Kylo tells Han Solo "I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the strength to do it", [[spoiler:before murdering him to prove his devotion to the Dark Side]].
467*** ''The Last Jedi'': Kylo tells his master Supreme Leader Snoke "I know what I have to do", with conviction and resolve, before [[spoiler:betraying and killing Snoke with Anakin's lightsaber]].
468*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'': On the verge of tears, he repeats the phrase "I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the strength to do it" to [[spoiler:[[BookEnds a vision of his father, Han Solo]]. But this time, instead of stabbing his father with his lightsaber to complete his transformation to the Dark Side, he [[HeelFaceTurn throws that same lightsaber into the sea]] to complete his journey to the light.]]
469** Every episode has [[ThoseTwoGuys C-3PO and R2D2]] appearing.
470** A rather dark pattern of the three sequel trilogy films is that [[spoiler:a member of the original trilogy's PowerTrio ends up [[TheHeroDies dying in each of them]]]]. In order...
471*** ''The Force Awakens'': [[spoiler:Han Solo is murdered by Kylo Ren in an attempt by the latter to prove that he's fully committed to the Dark Side]].
472*** ''The Last Jedi'': [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker passes away after spending his life force to create a projection and protect the Resistance's remnants]].
473*** ''The Rise of Skywalker'': [[spoiler:Leia Organa dies as a result of using the Force to spiritually connect with her son Kylo Ren]].
474* All ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' films have someone shouting "GetOut" as they take over a vehicle. Two other phrases almost qualify: "I'll be back!" (all but ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines T3]]'', which instead features "She'll be back" and "I'm back!"), and "ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive" (''T3'' features "Do you wanna live?! Come on!!").
475* The ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films capping off with a Music/LinkinPark song. At least for the first three films, anyway.
476** Optimus Prime killng an antagonist by causing some sort of damage to their face/head.
477** All five films also feature Optimus and/or Bumblebee saving the main characters from the antagonists (usually with some variant of the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Autobot's theme]] playing in the background)
478** In addition, all films feature a fight between Optimus and Megatron.
479** All films (with the exception of Dark of the Moon) feature government members in antagonistic roles
480** All films feature an opening and/or closing narration (usually by Optimus Prime) [[note]]Age of Extinction only features a closing narration, and the opening narration of The Last Knight is instead done by Edmund Burton[[/note]]
481** The first four movies have a mojor Autobot from the first movie be killed by that films BigBad [[note]]Jazz to Megatron in Film/Transformers(2007), Optimus Prime to Megatron ([[DisneyDeath temporarilly]]) in Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen, Ironhide to Sentinel Prime in Film/TransformersDarkoftheMoon and Ratchet to Lockdown in Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction
482* Almost every Creator/{{Troma}} film since ''Film/SgtKabukimanNYPD'' has used the same shot of a car flipping over and exploding.
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486* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': There will be a meeting in Cassie's barn.
487** With a few exception, the first few pages of each book are spent explaining of the series' premise[[note]]{{Puppeteer Parasite}}s are invading the Earth, they could be anyone, we can [[{{Animorphism}} turn into animals]] but have to keep it a secret or they'll kill us[[/note]], beginning with the line "My name is (RotatingProtagonist)." If you've read this once you can pretty much skip it in any other book.
488* Literature/{{Discworld}}: Death has at least one cameo in almost every book, except the ones he's the main character, ''Snuff'', and ''The Wee Free Men'' the one book that is actually all about bereavement, strangely.
489* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden has an alarming tendency to end up [[ClothingDamage underdressed]] and beat to crap every book. Lampshaded by [[DeadpanSnarker Bob]] in the tabletop RPG rulebook.
490* There are several bits you can always count on being in every single ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' book:
491** The opening chapter has Chief Brown bringing a case home to dinner which his son is able to solve.
492** The second chapter has Encyclopedia helping a kid out with Bugs Meaney.
493** The next chapter has Bugs trying to set up Encyclopedia and Sally for a crime. This will usually involve a retelling of how Sally punched Bugs' lights out years before and thus he wants revenge.
494** Wilford Wiggins will call a big rally for his latest get rich quick scam that Encyclopedia busts.
495* Save for the last one, every ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book has the following elements:
496** The Dursleys having an unfortunate encounter with magic at the start of the book.
497** Harry leaving the Dursleys, though each time using a different method of travelling (car, flying car, knight bus, floo network, broom, apparating and finally a flying motorcycle).
498** There's a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in every book. They always end up somehow playing a significant role in the book's greater plot and [[spoiler:wind up attacking Harry]]. It turns out this is because [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]] cursed the position after their application for the job was rejected a second time.
499** Before ''Half Blood Prince'', every book had one scene where Harry and at least one of his friends wound up in the Forbidden Forest, even though it was off limits to students.
500* Books by Creator/MaxHastings usually have titles that end with the year or years of the events in question, e.g. ''Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975'', or ''Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942''. This is individually unremarkable for military history, but it's rather striking when you see ten of them together on the "Also by this author" page.
501* In Creator/PGWodehouse's Literature/JeevesAndWooster stories, particularly the early ones, Bertie and Jeeves disagree about something about Bertie's attire, and Bertie puts his foot down. Then, after Jeeves has saved the day, Bertie relents.
502* ''Literature/AMagesPower'': A bird will poop on Nolien in every chapter he appears in.
503* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, once per series (usually), the girls travel to Jack Frost's Ice Castle to retrieve an especially guarded item.
504* An alarming number of ''Literature/TheShadow'' novels included The Shadow or one of his agents (usually Harry Vincent) being temporarily captured by the novel's villain. In at least one instance [[note]]"Crime, Insured"[[/note]], the villain managed to kidnap The Shadow's entire network of agents.
505* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', every novel begins with a prologue chapter from a new or minor character's point-of-view who dies at the end of the chapter, or shortly thereafter.
506* Literature/StephaniePlum gets a car destroyed.
507* Each book in the Literature/{{Uglies}} series begins with party crashing.
508* All the ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' books (except for the arithmetic ones as they are not structured like the other books) ended with the last sentence being, "Everyone (Word That Rhymes With Ooed)".
509* Every main series book in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' except for ''The Dark Secret'' features the protagonist running into some [[HumansByAnyOtherName scavengers]] and deciding to spare their lives due to noticing they're more intelligent than they seem and/or they're [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter very]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute cute]].
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513* Old Crow Medicine Show seems contractually obliged to record at least one [[OdeToIntoxication song about drugs]] per album.
514* Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/DragonForce and quite a few other Metal artists seem to have a "one ballad per album" rule.
515* Almost every Music/PinkFloyd album of the Music/RogerWaters era had at least one song FadingIntoTheNextSong and nearly each album was a ConceptAlbum.
516* Music/TypeONegative had at least one CoverVersion per album on every album apart from Slow Deep And Hard and Dead Again. (the rerelease of Slow Deep And Hard features their cover of [[Music/JimiHendrix Hey Joe]] (Called Hey Pete) as a bonus track, however).
517* Music/IronMaiden had one or two EpicRocking tracks per album until they decided to make every song on the album an epic from ''A Matter Of Life And Death'' onwards. They would also make sure to have at least one historical song named after a war film.
518* Music/FunLovinCriminals admit they have to include at least one 'stoner jam' on each album (the song they were referring to was Rewind from Classic Fantastic)
519* Crowded House claimed to have included a reference to a kitchen on every album. It was true until they regrouped in 2007.
520* All of Music/TheBeatles albums have a track where Music/GeorgeHarrison sings lead (mostly the ones he wrote) and all [[Music/AHardDaysNight but]] [[Music/LetItBe two]] have one track allowing Music/RingoStarr to StepUpToTheMicrophone.
521* All the Music/{{Garbage}} albums [[DownerEnding end with a depressing ballad]].
522* Every Music/{{Grottomatic}} album casually mentions bees at least once. There is also at least one song in every album about My Little Pony.
523* Music/BradPaisley usually has an instrumental (as he is a virtuoso lead guitarist as well as a singer-songwriter), a gospel song, and, at least from the second album, a track featuring old-time country singers or comedians he is a fan/friend on most to all of his albums. Usually, they're all located towards the end.
524* Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
525** His new look (as of 1998) brought about a new trend of featuring one 'epic' track on every album, including "Albuquerque" (Running With Scissors), "Genius In France" (Poodle Hat), "Trapped In The Drive Thru" (Straight Outta Lynwood), "Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me" (Alpocalypse), and "Jackson Park Express" (Mandatory Fun). Before this, epic tracks were fairly scattered - "Nature Trail To Hell" (In 3D) and, several albums later, "UHF" and "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota" (both UHF).
526** With the exception of his self-titled debut album and ''Even Worse'', each album has a "polka medley", which consists of many popular songs performed to a polka tune.
527* Every Music/InThisMoment album has the lyric "in this moment" in at least one of the songs.
528* Every studio album by Music/TheB52s apart from (the EP) Mesopotamia and (the reunion album) Funplex includes a song about animals - Rock Lobster, Quiche Lorraine, Big Bird, Juicy Jungle, Junebug and The World's Green Laughter. This is because all of its members are animal lovers.
529* Music/ZacBrownBand always includes a beachy up-tempo song on every album: "Toes" on ''The Foundation'', "Knee Deep" on ''You Get What You Give'', "Jump Right In" on ''Uncaged'', and "Castaway" on ''Jekyll + Hyde''. As a bonus, all four were released as singles in the summertime.
530* Every Music/VyletPony album since ''Cutiemarks'' has featured the sample of 'Sing a song about life' [[{{Callback}} introduced as an important thematic motif in that album.]]
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534* ''Podcast/HowDidThisGetMade'' has Second Opinions, where Paul Scheer read 5-star reviews for the movie that the hosts have spent the last hour or so tearing into.
535* The first few seasons of ''Podcast/MissionToZyxx'' require C-53 to recite the same intro for Nermut's call.
536-->'''C-53:''' I have an incoming transmission from Junior Missions Operations Manager Nermut Bundaloy.
537* ''Podcast/KevinAndUrsulaEatCheap'':
538** The opening, typically consisting of a disclaimer that the show is not for children, a recounting of the animals in the kitchen ("This podcast is recorded in front of a live kitchen beagle..."), and Ursula greeting the audience with "Hello out there in Internet land!"
539** Sponsor segues, generally terribly off topic, almost always starting with "You know what won't [insert random comment here]...?" Apparently this has become so prevalent in their household at this point that they respond to any question with that opening with "Sofa Wolf Press!" There is an extensive list [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1peP8f18ZJWjduYMpmKFh_n2bGCfeulmZDvGyg0UA574/ here]].
540* ''Podcast/MysteryShow'':
541** Each episode begins with Starlee meeting with her client to get a run-down of the case.
542** Each episode contains creative commercials for the show's sponsors, Kind Snacks and Square Space.
543** Each episode ends with Starlee giving a cryptic clue about the next episode, except for the last one, where she gave an explanation for the previous one.
544* The hosts of ''Podcast/RelativeDisasters'' introduce themselves in each episode with humorous false credentials that relate to the episode's theme somehow.
545* Every episode of ''Sugar, We're Goin' Down Podcasting!'' has Jo and Caitlyn consult the website [[https://genius.com/ Genius]] to glean some understanding of ''Music/FallOutBoy'' lyrics, with them asking the site to sponsor them for their continued shoutouts.
546* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'':
547** Every episode opens with an ominous NonSequitur, followed by a TitleDrop.
548** "And now, the weather", followed by a song from a special musical guest.
549** Every episode closes with Cecil telling the audience "good night".
550** "And now, a word from our sponsors", usually followed by a cryptic and ominous monologue, ending with an unrelated corporate slogan.
551* ''Podcast/WellTheresYourProblem:''
552** Each episode opens with the line "Welcome to ''Well There's Your Problem'', a podcast about engineering disasters", followed by an introduction of the hosts with pronoun check[[note]]Justin 'he/him', Liam 'he/him', Alice 'she/her', guests variable[[/note]].
553** The first slide of the episode will inevitably show the aftermath of the episode's disaster, usually with Justin pointing out what is obviously wrong with the picture and adding some variant of "it's not supposed to be that way."
554** Each episode ends with the hosts promising that the next episode will be about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster.
555* ''Podcast/WhoBackWhen:''
556** The BISCOW (Bite Size Chunk of ''Who''), which gives a quick rundown of the current ''Doctor Who'' episode being reviewed before beginning the synopsis proper.
557** The hosts' reviews, followed by their reading any reviews for that episode sent by listeners, conclude each episode.
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560[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
561* ''Series/TheBigGarage'': The taxis would always sing a song related to what's going on in the episode at some point (for example, Mimi sang a song about her going to the Big Garage for the first time in the episode "Welcome to the Big Garage"), and they would give the song a reprise near the end of the episode.
562* ''Blue's Room'': Every episode begins with Blue spinning the playdate spinner to determine the theme of the playdate for the episode.
563* The ''Series/SesameStreet'' UK SpinOff ''Series/TheFurchesterHotel'' has three:
564** A monster banging a gong, at which monsters appear out of the rooms, shout "Tea time!" and collide with everyone in reception in their hurry to get to the dining room.
565** Either the song "A Furchester Never Gives Up" or "A Furchester Catastrophe". (Season 2 adds "We Can Solve Any Problem".)
566** The characters coming up with a solution to the problem of the week by "putting our furry heads together".
567* ''Series/TheMrPotatoHeadShow'': Most episodes had Betty the Kitchen Fairy appear to deliver an aesop and call out the characters on jerkish behavior. If there's a problem like a monster chasing the characters, though, she won't intervene to save them. Most episodes also have a song in them.
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570[[folder:Radio]]
571* Sometime close to the bottom of the hour on {{Creator/NPR}}'s ''Weekend Edition'', usually just after the sport segment, host Scott Simon shoehorns a connection between the next story and the fact that B. J. Liederman wrote their theme music.
572* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' featured many, including the game Mornington Crescent (usually preceded by reading a fan letter from Mrs Trellis) and the introduction of the pianist Colin Sell:
573--> '''Humph''': When music experts hear Colin's compositions, they say he could have been another Berlin, Porter, or anybody else employed by the German State Railway.
574* In ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' the majority of episodes will have the Professor and Satan making a bet, most commonly about morality and something bad would happen to Thomas.
575* Every episode of Marcus Brigstocke's ''The Brig Society'' opens with Marcus explaining that he was at his local library and Maureen from Volunteer Services inspired the theme of the show. (In series 1 the themes were actually allocated to him as voluntary positions, in series 2 Maureen's influence is less direct.)
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578[[folder:Roleplay]]
579* In ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'', every game an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] called "The Glitch" starts breaking down reality itself and threatens to destroy wherever the players are. In addition, there's usually an early-game [[BrokenBridge Ravine bridging event]], a usually early-game event wherein the Battlefield is divided by a massive Ravine with [[GravityScrew unusually powerful gravitational forces]] to prevent attacks from affecting other factions. This crevasse must always be bridged to complete the challenge and resume attacking the Godmodder.
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582[[folder:Sports]]
583* In the US, at least, most major sporting events begin with the playing of the national anthem. In the NHL, many games start with two anthems—league rules require that when US and Canadian teams play one another, both anthems are played. The Buffalo Sabres, located in a city on the border and enjoying a significant local fanbase on the Canadian side, play both anthems regardless of the opponent.
584* Basically all matches involving full national teams, whatever the sport, start with the playing of both national anthems, with the home team's last. An exception is at the Ireland national rugby union team's matches held in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Republic of Ireland]], when ''three'' anthems are played—the away team's anthem; the Republic's anthem of ''Amhrán na bhFiann''; and finally "Ireland's Call", an anthem specially composed for the Ireland team, which includes players from both the Republic and the UsefulNotes/{{North|ernIreland}}.[[note]]When Ireland plays outside of the Republic, it only uses "Ireland's Call". Several other "all-Ireland" national teams (i.e., those representing the entire island) have adopted that anthem.[[/note]]
585* At every Notre Dame football home game, without fail, the 1812 Overture will play at the end of the third quarter, after which an Indiana state trooper will dispense safety advice that concludes with an incredibly lame {{pun}}.
586* At the end of the third quarter of every Wisconsin Badgers home football game, "[[Music/HouseOfPain Jump Around]]" is played over the sound system. The home fans... do just that.
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588
589[[folder:Theatre]]
590* In the ''Theatre/FarndaleAvenue'' plays, each presented as a production by the disaster-prone Farndale Avenue Dramatic Society:
591** Mrs Reece walks on stage, realizes she's left a prop behind, and gestures into the wings for a stagehand to pass it out to her. The stagehand gives her an accordion.
592** At the end of the interval, Mrs Reece leads a competition with audience interaction.
593** Mrs Reece remarks that she noticed audience members leaving hurriedly/muttering that they can't take any more, without realising that they're reacting to how bad the production is.
594[[/folder]]
595
596[[folder:Video Games]]
597* Each game in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has a stepladder that can be examined. If it is examined, both the main character and his assistant will have an argument on whether it should be called a "ladder" or a "''[[InsistentTerminology step]]''-ladder". ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' has a similar RunningGag with the spade(or shovel, depending on who you ask) in Sholmes' attic, as well as a stepladder that can be seen in Madame Tuspell's wax museum in the second game.
598-->'''Maya''': Look, a ladder!\
599'''Phoenix''': That's a 'step'-ladder.\
600'''Maya''': So? What's the difference? You need to stop judging things based on narrow-minded cultural assumptions, Nick!\
601'''Phoenix''': R-right... sorry. (This girl is ''out'' there!)
602** On a more serious note, the final case of each game in the series, [[spoiler:except for ''Apollo Justice'' and the first ''Great Ace Attorney'' game]], will have a different prosecutor preside over the case than the main prosecutor of the game.[[note]]In ''Trials and Tribulations'' and ''Dual Destinies'', a different prosecutor presides over the first part of the final trial, but is replaced by the usual prosecutor midway through. The second ''Great Ace Attorney's'' final case spans two chapters.[[/note]]
603*** On a related note, the ''first'' trial of every game is against a different prosecutor as well, typically a member of the [[ButtMonkey Payne family]].
604** Every game in the series, sans ''Dual Destinies'', has you speak with a victim before their demise.
605** Maya is accused of murder and must be defended in every game she appears in, even in the [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney crossover with]] ''VideoGame/{{Professor Layton|Vs Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney}}'', and only once was she not the immediate suspect.
606* ''VideoGame/AoOni'': In every version of the game released so far, there's always someone who has a HeroicBSOD and hides in a cupboard (usually Takeshi), and there's always a character who refuses to move from the room they're hiding in until the end, a requirement has been met, or they die (always Mika/Megumi). Also, the jail cell and rope ladder cutscenes.
607** Every version starts the same way: the gang hear a loud noise and the main character (usually Hiroshi, but this applies to Takuro in the Korean fan remake of 2.0) goes off alone to investigate it. He enters the kitchen to find a recently-broken plate and returns to an empty main hall.
608* Every game in the ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' features [[MushroomSamba Batman hallucinating something]].
609* ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' has a dead cat in every level. [[VideoGame/BioShock2 The sequel]] has continued the tradition.
610* Every ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' game set during World War 2 has at least one mission where [[TankGoodness you get to control a tank]].
611** Every ''Call of Duty'' game developed by Infinity Ward [[IdenticalGrandson includes a Captain Price]]. The AnachronicOrder present by virtue of having multiple games set during World War 2 means they can do this even though Price ''died'' in the first game.
612* The ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series is entirely this (to the point that even the {{Fan Game}}s follow the formula), just like ''Dark Cloud'' below:
613** The first case is always [[spoiler:a [[AdvertisedExtra heavily advertised]] character, one presented as important to the plot and/or who seems to have ties to previous casts and has PlotArmor, gets [[SacrificialLamb killed/executed]]]]. It also always [[spoiler:doesn't kill the intended target (Sayaka was trying to kill Leon but got killed herself, Teruteru was aiming for Nagito, Kaede tried to kill the mastermind)]]. The first execution is usually one of the most brutal to set the tone.
614** The second case is always [[spoiler:because someone flew off the handle, sometimes because of their past. Usually tragic. The killer tends to have connections with a criminal gang. A SerialKiller/multiple murderer becomes involved [[RedHerring but turns out]] [[NotMeThisTime to be innocent]]]].
615** The third case is always [[spoiler:a double murder, with one of the victims being a comic relief character, and the killer will have the least sympathetic motive in the game. (Not including that of the BigBad)]]
616** The fourth case is always [[spoiler:a case of BigGuyFatalitySyndrome, with TheBigGuy accepting their death. The trial ends in a TearJerker and the crime was a NecessaryEvil committed in order to protect everyone (from execution, starvation, or the [[EverybodysDeadDave the truth about the outside world]]). TheBigGuy can be considered both a victim and a culprit of the case at the same time, as Sakura commits suicide, Nekomaru becomes the victim as a part of a SuicidePact duel with Gundham, and Gonta, in spite of murdering Miu, is merely an UnwittingPawn of Kokichi, the true mastermind behind the murder, with the game making it clear that Gonta was a victim as much as Miu was.]].
617** The fifth case is always [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalDungeon played up as the final chapter, complete with remix of the investigation theme]]. Two of the main characters are in danger, pretty much sought out by [[BigBad the mastermind]]. The murder is part of a trap/larger plan rather than an end in itself. The class trial is blatantly unfair ([[HangingJudge Monokuma himself]] is the culprit, and he forces a premature voting time; the blackened "[[AccidentalMurder culprit]]" is randomized and unidentifiable; the victim is unidentifiable and the primary suspect is allowed to remain anonymous in the class trial). The death of the final victim is always the most brutal and gruesome one, but it sets the stage for the Killing Game ending once and for all. The trial ends in the execution of a character among the main group, which doesn’t go as planned]].
618** The sixth and last case always has [[spoiler:[[BigBad The Mastermind]] be revealed, and the truth of the OntologicalMystery comes out. It's usually [[TheDogWasTheMastermind a person that no one expected]]. Said mastermind is the leader of, or affiliated with, an evil organization. Junko [[HijackedByGanon turns out to be behind it all, directly or indirectly]]. The rug is pulled out from beneath the surviving cast, leaving them close to the DespairEventHorizon by the revelation of what led to the killing game, which [[TheEndingChangesEverything reveals the setting and plot to be completely different from what it seemed]]. TheHero uses the power of hope (or [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun disappointment]] in Shuichi’s case) to defeat the villain anyway]].
619** In a particularly amusing case, the ''very first'' Killing Game (which was shown in [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the anime]]) follows this exact same formula, despite lasting five minutes and following a BattleRoyaleGame format.
620* The ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series is made of Once Per Episode formula.
621** [[CosmicKeystone Atlamillia(s)]]
622** Destruction of [[spoiler:almost all of]] the Western Continent.
623** [[spoiler:Destruction of the Atlamillia(s) before the BonusDungeon]]
624** Dialogue: "So, you hate me too." First said by [[spoiler:400 years ago Seda]], then by [[spoiler:Gaspard]].
625** [[spoiler:Intense negative emotion creates the real BigBad]]
626** StableTimeLoop
627** TimeTravel
628* In every Creator/FromSoftware fantasy game, there is a fight where you have to kill an old, broken man, punctuated by sad music.
629** In ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' it is Old King Allant, who fell to despair and became a demon because he felt existence was not worth it.
630** In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'', it is the final battle against Gwyn, who has lost his mind after burning for thousands of years to prolong the Age of Fire.
631** In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', it is Vendrick, the old king of Lothric who contracted the Undead Curse and eventually succumbed to it after being betrayed by his wife.
632** In ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', it is Gehrman, your mentor who tries to kill you so you'll be free from the IronicHell he's stuck in forever.
633** In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', there are two;
634*** In the main game, it's the Soul of Cinder. At first the music is rather dramatic, but as it enters phase 2, it becomes a reprise of the music that played in the fight against Gwyn in the first game, as the boss is an amalgamation of every person who has linked the Fire to continue the Age of Fire, starting with Gwyn.
635*** In the DLC, it's Slave Knight Gael, an ancient undead and companion on your journey, who's consumed the blood of the dark soul itself in the hopes that it can be used by his niece to paint a better world, going mad in the process.
636** ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' likewise has two.
637*** Firstly, your own mentor and father, Owl, who needs to be put down to stop his mad quest for power.
638*** Secondly, the TrueFinalBoss, Sword Saint Isshin, brought back from the underworld by his grandson at the height of his power and has to fight you as a matter of honor.
639** In ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', it's Sir Gideon Ofnir, your guide and informant who's realized that the Tarnished's quest is impossible and gone mad as a result.
640* In the episodic adventure game ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', there are a few things that happen each episode:
641** Some kind of puzzle minigame.
642** [=McQueen=] and Dooley arriving at the entrance to somewhere dark and probably dangerous, and Dooley making some excuse to wait outside while [=McQueen=] goes on alone.
643* In most of the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' installments (except ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 2]]''), Dante will get [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled by his own sword]]. It even happens in [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries the animated spin-off]]. In [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]], he is also impaled by the Alastor sword before [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome he stands again, grabs it, does a sword show with it and makes it his]].
644* The structure of every chapter in ''VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny'': Zed reincarnates into a new world, the plot advances a bit, the God of Destruction appears, Zed dies but he gets a little closer to defeating him. [[spoiler:After he defeats the God of Destruction, he still ends of fighting new Gods of Destruction in further chapter, until the game starts throwing multiple of them at once.]]
645* ''Franchise/DragonAge''
646** The PC and their party are repeatedly sucked into [[SpiritWorld the Fade]] (despite in-game lore declaring this to be impossible), where they must battle a demon or series of demons for the soul of one or more innocent bystanders while the PC is given an opportunity to pick up free attribute points. This happens in main plot quests in ''Origins'', ''Awakening'', and ''Inquisition'', and in an optional sidequest in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
647** Every game has featured a major mage vs. templar choice -- the Circle Tower in ''Origins'', the final mission in ''Dragon Age II'', and the Inquisition's choice of ally in ''Inquisition.''
648* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
649** Every game except for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' begins with the PlayerCharacter as a prisoner, and the tutorial is your escape/release.
650** Once the series moved away from RandomlyGeneratedLevels, each game has had an early faction quest [[PlayingWithATrope Playing With]] the RatStomp trope. (''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' plays it straight with its first Fighters Guild quest, ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' subverts it with its first Fighters Guild quest, and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' plays it straight with a [[WakeUpCallBoss nasty surprise]] early in the ThievesGuild questline.)
651** [[EasterEgg M'aiq the Liar]] has appeared in every game starting with ''Morrowind'', LeaningOnTheFourthWall while dispensing TakeThatAudience and SelfDeprecation shots.
652* A minor example, but in every main series ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' game (IE, excluding ''Tactics'' and ''Brotherhood of Steel''), you can get a dog companion, usually named Dogmeat (in the first two games, it's implied to be the ''same'' Dogmeat, despite the fact that it's been 80 years since the first game). The third Dogmeat is seemingly unrelated to the first two, but in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', Mama Murphy says that Dogmeat has a knack for finding important people and leading them to greatness, implying that the Dogmeats are somehow linked (there's 120 years and 2,500 miles between the first and fifth game, making it unlikely that it's the same dog). In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', Dogmeat is replaced by [[ItMakesSenseInContext a Robo-Dog named Rex owned by a gang leader and Elvis Impersonator]].
653** Also, each game (including ''Tactics'', but not ''[=BoS=]'') begins with a narrator explaining the setting of the game, the Great War, and saying the ArcWords "War. War never changes". The narrator is usually played by Creator/RonPerlman, except for ''Fallout 4'', where it's Nate, one of the two choices for main character. However, Perlman does play the newscaster on TV who reports that the bombs have fallen, and there is cut dialogue after he says "My God" and the feed cuts, where he says "They were right. War. War never changes."
654** Also in each game is the organization the Brotherhood of Steel; however, their portrayal in each game is vastly different. In ''Fallout'', they were xenophobic, isolationist technology hoarders. By ''Fallout 2'', their numbers have fallen drastically and were beaten down by the Enclave. In ''Fallout 3'', the East Coast Brotherhood of Steel is introduced, and are generally much more honorable, generous, and charitable than their West Coast counterparts. ''New Vegas'' returned to the West Coast Brotherhood, which has been limited to a single bunker under the Mojave, and are even more xenophobic, to the point of nearly dying out. ''Fallout 4'' returns to the East Coast Brotherhood, which in the 10 years between 3 and 4 has acquired an airship and become an autocratic cult of personality centered around their leader, Arthur Maxson, and are not nearly as charitable as they were 10 years prior.
655* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has several. Some are absent in early installments, but once they are introduced, they [[labelnote:*]]almost[[/labelnote]] always appear in each game afterward.
656** There is always a GlobalAirship.
657*** Someone associated with that airship will be named Cid[[labelnote:*]]Averted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', however[[/labelnote]].
658** There will be [[ShoutOut a pair of characters named]] [[Franchise/StarWars Biggs and Wedge]].
659** [[HorseOfADifferentColor Giant, flightless yellow birds]] will always be the animal mount of choice.
660** Summoning special monsters to attack on your behalf is always a thing. Started switching it up with X, where your party leaves the battlefield while the monster fights in their place, and XII, where the monster fights alongside you.
661** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
662*** There are a series of side quests featuring Hildibrand Manderville, a [[BrainlessBeauty himbo]] and [[CluelessDetective self-proclaimed "gentleman detective"]] prone to [[BatDeduction huge leaps of logic]]. In almost every expansion, Hildibrand gets blown up or winds up buried halfway in the ground with his legs sticking out. Every episode also has a secondary character who gets strung along for the ride and will not understand how Hildibrand's logic works, gets exasperated at his shenanigans, and then finally give in and accept the wackiness.
663*** The relic weapons side quests will always involve [[UltimateBlacksmith Gerolt]] having a huge debt towards Rowena (usually alcohol related) and having to work it off by helping you forge relic weapons. By the end of the story, Gerolt finally has his debts paid off and simultaneously gets a ''new bill'' that's just as much as the old one or even higher, putting him back at square one. This happens for each new relic that's introduced in each expansion.
664* Creator/FromSoftware has included the Moonlight Greatsword from ''VideoGame/KingsField'' in one form or another, nearly every they've published, from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' to ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' to even ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore''.
665* The ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series has A) Kratos getting sent to Hades, B) a HotCoffeeMinigame, C) Kratos [[SayMyName screaming someone's name]] (usually his enemy's) at the top of his lungs, and D) Kratos saying, "What treachery is this?!"
666** [[NoIndoorVoice ZEUUUUUUUUS!]] You LIED to me!!!
667* Ever since the third ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' game, there has been a Music/{{Muse}} song in the setlist of every main game in the series.
668* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
669** In the [[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved first]] [[VideoGame/{{Halo 2}} two]] games, a character says something along the lines of "I've got a bad feeling about this" and then a character says "you've always got a bad feeling", right before the first appearance of the Flood in that game (itself a reference to ''Franchise/StarWars'').
670** The "[[VideoGame/{{Myth}} Siege of Madrigal]]" EasterEgg appears in all the Creator/{{Bungie}}-made games.
671* Every single game in the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' (including ''Crossing the Pit'', the prototype animation of the entire series) will offer you the opportunity to use a Teleporter at some point. And it ''never'' works as Henry intended.
672* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' has a couple of these;
673** Every chapter [[spoiler: (until Jacket awakens in the hospital in "Trauma")]] begins with Jacket waking up in his apartment and receiving a message on his answering machine, which describes his next hit on the Russian Mafia in coded language. He then walks downstairs, jumps into his car, and drives off, beginning the chapter properly.
674** Then, ''after'' each chapter, Jacket stops by one of the several establishments which are run by Beard. Beard makes some friendly (albeit one-sided) small talk with Jacket, and then offers him something (a six-pack of beer, a pizza, etc.) "on the house". Jacket silently takes the gift and leaves. [[spoiler: However, after the "Crackdown" chapter, Jacket finds that Beard has been murdered and had his position stolen by an abrasive bald man named Richter]].
675* Ever since the DJ YOSHITAKA song "FLOWER" debuted in ''VideoGame/{{jubeat}}'' and ''VideoGame/ReflecBeat'' and then crossed over to every active ''VideoGame/{{BEMANI}}'' game, it's become tradition to add the song to every new ''BEMANI'' game that's released. Even if the song doesn't get added to the game upon release, it's bound to be introduced in a later event for the game.
676* Nearly every game in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series features a "Dive to the Heart", that takes place in a featureless black void, save for one or more pillars with symbolic stained glass floors.
677** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', Sora gets knocked out in every single world he visits except [[Film/TronLegacy The Grid]]; the cases of Traverse Town and [[spoiler: The World That Never Was]] are because he was forced to sleep, while he gets knocked out by a Dream Eater or a Disney villain in the other worlds.
678** Every game will feature at least one world where the BGM is an arrangement of a song from the source material instead of a new composition.
679** In every game where you play as some version of Sora (Sora, Data Sora, or Roxas) you end up fighting some version of Riku (Riku, Data Riku, Riku Replica, or Dark Riku). There is one exception: in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', you don't fight a version of Riku as a version of Sora, [[spoiler: you fight Sora as Riku, in this case the possessed armor containing Sora's heart]].
680* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'', [[TheHero Rean Schwarzer]] at some point will be a boss fight, no matter how absurd the situation is. And there are at least four games in the series with him being a boss fight.
681* Ever since ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', [[GoodMorningCrono Link is usually asleep (or otherwise unconscious) when the game starts and needs to be woken up.]]
682** A subtle one, but most if not all games in the series will have an NPC ask Link to keep something, "Secret to everyone," in reference to the Moblin in a cave from the first game.
683** The drawing of the Master Sword in most games which is usually preceded by completing [[RuleOfThree three trials and/or collecting three items to prove your worth.]]
684** [[StealthBasedMission An area requiring you to stealth past several guards avoiding their lines of sight.]]
685** Aside from his usual assortment of equipment, Link will always obtain a unique item that he will need to use for most of the game like the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWIld Sheikah Slate]], and so on.
686* In every chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', there will be a scene of a boy named Watanabe (or something along those lines) and his father, with the latter usually dying and the former dragging off his body in a fit of tears. There are variations in which Watanabe doesn't or can't run off crying, or his dad is already dead by the time the scene happens. The sole exception is the Near Future chapter, in which Watanabe appears throughout and there isn't a specific scene for him and his dad. Every chapter also ends with a fight against an enemy named something along the lines of "Odio." [[spoiler:The only exception is the Medieval chapter, in which you [[ThenLetMeBeEvil become the original Odio]].]]
687* ''VideoGame/MarioKart'':
688** Each game will have the same cup names - Mushroom, Flower, Star and Special for new courses, and Shell, Banana, Leaf and Lightning for old courses. The sole exception is ''Super Circuit'' which Lightning Cup is a normal one between Flower and Star Cup, and whose retro cups (which are called "extra") have the same names as the normal ones.
689** The Mushroom Cup always starts with a standard circuit. It is [[VideoGame/MarioKart64 related to]] [[VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash Luigi in]] [[VideoGame/MarioKartWii three games]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart7 in a fourth game]]'s retro cup.
690** A Mario Circuit appears in every game, almost always in the Flower Cup (''DS'' being an exception to this, as its Mario Circuit is in the Star Cup).
691** Every game has at least one [[PalmtreePanic beach related track]]: with the exception of ''Super Mario Kart'' (whose track is in Star Cup), the most traditional ones are in Mushroom Cup while Star Cup is used for more challenging and original tracks (''Wii'' Koopa Cape is closer to a theme park with a SharkTunnel while ''8'' [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin Dolphin Shoals]] focus more on corals and waterfalls than beach). ''Super Mario Kart'' also has a second track in Special Cup while ''Super Circuit''[='s=] is in Lightning Cup, ''Double Dash''[='s=] in Flower Cup and ''7''[='s=] in Star Cup. Starting from ''DS'', these tracks tend to be mirrored by {{port town}}s in Flower Cup (''Wii'' is the exception here, the port town track being in Star Cup, although Banana Cup brings back ''DS'' Delfino Square too).
692** Every game also has a [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snow and ice]] related level, usually in Star Cup. While ''Super Mario Kart'' and ''64'' have another level in other cups (Special and Flower Cups respectively), there are exceptions: ''Wii'' 's DK Summit is in Flower Cup and ''7'' 's Rosalina's Ice World is in Special Cup.
693** Starting from ''64'', every game has a [[ShiftingSandLand desert related track]]. However, they are never in the same cup and while the majority reminds of Egypt, others reminds of [[TheWildWest American deserts]] (''Super Circuit'' actually has the two examples in one game, ''Yoshi Desert'' and ''Sunset Wilds'' respectively). Shy Guy Bazaar of ''7'' is another exception, being inspired by ArabianNightsDays.
694** Each Special Cup always ends with Bowser's Castle (barring ''Super Mario Kart'' and ''64'') and Rainbow Road. Since ''Mario Kart 7'', the Lightning Cup mirrors the Special Cup in this area, remaking a Rainbow Road (''Super Mario Kart'' 's in ''7'' and ''64'' 's in ''8'') and having a penultimate retro track linked to Bowser ([[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines Airship Fortress]] in ''7'' and [[LethalLavaLand Grumble Volcano]] in ''8'').
695* Every ''Franchise/MassEffect'' game has a PointOfNoReturn event disguised as a seemingly unimportant or easily accomplished request given to you.
696** And Shepard being interviewed by (and then being given the option of [[TalkToTheFist punching]]) Khalisah bint Sinan al-Jilani.
697* Almost every ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' game has the final section of the game end in Dr. Wily's fortress and said fortress will ''always'' have a BossRush in the second to last level. Every time Dr. Wily loses to Mega Man, he begs the blue bomber to forgive him. ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' [[LampshadeHanging pokes fun at this]] where after Mega Man defeats Dr. Wily yet again, [[spoiler:the hero uses a slide projector to show Dr. Wily his previous 8 defeats, each one ending with the doctor begging for mercy]].
698* Every Operation in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'' starts with a parachute jump [[spoiler:except Neptune as the glider crashes]].
699* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
700** Starting with ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', the protagonist will ask about Metal Gear in an exasperated fashion, usually as ParrotExposition after another character mentions it: ''(Metal Gear?)''
701*** Snake says the line when talking to Donald Anderson in ''MGS''.
702*** When seeing RAY during the Tanker chapter of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', Snake says the line. Raiden does the same later on in the game when he sees RAY for himself.
703*** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Naked Snake]] says the line when Granin tells him about his new idea for a weapon: "A kind of... Metal Gear, if you will."
704*** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', Big Boss says the line as an EasterEgg, when he opens the back of a truck to find a box of literal metal gears.
705*** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', calling Boris during [[spoiler:the fight against Metal Gear Excelsus]] will prompt Raiden to repeat the line after Boris says it.
706*** Appears with a pre-mission cassette tape in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'', with Snake repeating the line after Kaz mentions it.
707** The protagonist will be tortured at some point.
708** There's also Snake's pose after landing on the tanker at the start of ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}'', which two different characters end up copying at some point in every other main-series game afterwards.
709** Revolver Ocelot mentioning in some sort of fair detail why he believes his weapon of choice is by far the greatest creation in all of human history.
710** One boss will be fought in a SniperDuel ([[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Sniper Wolf]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The End]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Crying Wolf]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Quiet]]).
711** Someone Otacon cares about [[spoiler:always [[CartwrightCurse dies]]]].
712** A character -- usually Johnny Sasaki -- has a potty failure in every numbered Solid game.
713** Some variation of the line "It's not over yet!" gets spoken by an antagonist.
714** Huey Emmerich gets pushed down a flight of stairs in both games he appears in.
715* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' will usually have Samus suffer a BagOfSpilling at the start of each new adventure (sometimes it is explained and other times the games just don't bother). It became so ingrained amongst fans that by ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', the developers stated they got sick of the "Samus wanders in and something happens that disables/breaks her gear" gimmick and opted to strip Samus bare again while letting her keep a few items without needing to explain why she lost her gear from the last game.
716* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'': Guybrush Threepwood always seems to come across The Voodoo Lady right when he needs her, and Stan right when he doesn't.
717* Every numbered game in the ''VideoGame/NarutoUltimateNinjaStorm'' series (except the first) had Naruto vs. Sasuke in a dramatic boss battle.
718* ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' and ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'':
719** One emotional level with an emotive song, more personal storyline and the normal beat sounds replaced by soft chimes.
720** A [[{{Kaiju}} giant monster attack]] stage.
721* Expect a game show at some point in any ''VideoGame/PaperMario''. [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The second game]] has two of them. ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar Sticker Star]]'' took it to the extreme with Snifit or Whiffit -- and ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing Origami King]]'' took it further with Shy Guys Finish Last.
722** Every game makes some reference to Parakarry, a major character in the original ''Paper Mario''. He makes a cameo in the second game, is a Catch Card in the third, and leaves a note in the fourth. This was eventually dropped, however, due to the new team not being allowed to reference the old ''Paper Mario'' characters.
723** Also, except for the fourth game someone will start telling Mario a long-winded story that they insist is extremely important for him to know about, which he falls asleep halfway through and wakes up at the end when they shout at him.
724** Every ''Paper Mario'' game also has at least one stage with a large haunted building and at least one structure floating in the sky.
725** There is an extra named Johnson in every ''Paper Mario'' game. More often than not, this Johnson has done something incompetent or witnessed an incompetent act and gets blamed for it.
726** Every ''Paper Mario'' game with a distinct chapter-based progression will have a traveler of some sort tag along with Mario in its fifth chapter. This character always serves as comic relief and frequently gets in trouble that Mario has to solve: [[GentlemanAdventurer Professor Kolorado]] in ''Paper Mario'', [[DressedToPlunder Flavio]] in ''Thousand-Year Door'', [[PrimaDonnaDirector documentarian Flint Cragley]] and his TV crew in ''Super Paper Mario'', [[TheChewToy the Sunset Express train's engineer]] in ''Color Splash'', and [[EnemyMine Bowser Jr.]] in ''Origami King''.
727** Starting with ''Thousand-Year Door'', Mario travels from his house to a central location via a small boat at the beginning of each ''Paper Mario'' game. [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Origami King'', in which Mario arrives in Luigi's go-kart, which canonically can travel in the water but is never seen doing so.
728** The final boss of every ''Paper Mario'' game has a phase where he or she becomes invincible, with Mario needing outside help to weaken the boss to where Mario can fight him or her on more even terms.
729** At least one location in every ''Paper Mario'' game has music that begins like the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' overworld theme but drifts off into its own thing a few measures in. This location is always found at or near the beginning of the game. The exception is ''Origami King'', which instead has music taken from the ''Super Mario Bros.'' underground theme.
730** Every ''Paper Mario'' game aside from ''Color Splash'' has a Blooper boss fight.
731* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
732** One fisherman who fights you with 6 low leveled Magikarp is present in every game. It's Played with in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', where that one fisherman's Magikarp are level 60, which is LONG after they should have evolved into Gyarados. Sometimes they deliberately trick you and have the guy with six Magikarp, plus someone with something like five Magikarp and a Gyarados as his last one.
733** Every game has a different Youngster who likes shorts, because they're comfy and easy to wear. Except for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', which instead had a girl who really likes skirts.
734** Every game has a fat man in the first town who remarks that "The power of science is staggering!"
735** Every game up until ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' will always have you fighting the Elite Four plus the Champion or similar as the FinalBoss. Subverted in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' where there is no Elite Four or Pokémon League initially, but they are instated near the end of the game, and in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', where you instead fight your 3 rivals, then refight 3 gym leaders, then the villain and evil legendary, and finally the Champion.
736** Every game has a villainous team trying to destroy/change/take over the world using the Cover's Legendary, though the last part only began to take form after Generation II. Starting in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' this gets played with and subverted, with other people and groups not associated with the villainous team coveting those Legendary Pokémon for selfish or misguided reasons.
737** There is always a Youngster Joey. ALWAYS.
738** Since breeding was introduced in Generation II, the player character will always receive a Pokémon Egg from an NPC.
739** The only evolutionary lines available in every single generation before the Elite Four (without trading etc) are Zubat, Magnemite, and Psyduck as of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' (Pikachu was not available before the Elite Four in any version of Unova).
740** The following Pokémon lines appeared in all of the first four generations' regional Pokédexes: Pikachu and Raichu; Zubat and Golbat; Psyduck and Golduck; Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam; Machop, Machoke, and Machamp; Tentacool and Tentacruel; Geodude, Graveler, and Golem; Goldeen and Seaking; and Magikarp and Gyarados. The Magnemite and Rhyhorn lines appeared if the Platinum Pokédex is taken into consideration.
741** Every game has a long area, usually consisting mostly of caverns, called Victory Road between the final gym and the Elite Four. Played with in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', where there is no explicit Victory Road, but Route 10 functions as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', where the phrase "Victory Road" to refer to the gym challenge and Elite Four is there, but it refers to the ''campaign'' instead of any one particular location.
742** Every game has a place that essentially acts as a Pokémon graveyard.
743** Every game has at least one rival, and a Pokémon Professor [[ThemeNaming named after a tree or type of plant]] that gives you a starter of your choice from either Water, Fire or Grass types. ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' instead [[DecompositeCharacter splits this role into two]], with Director Clavell being named after a plant and giving the starters but isn't a Pokémon Professor (though he is the leader of an educational institution), while Professors Sada and Turo are Pokémon Professors but aren't named after a plant and instead provides you with [[spoiler:the cover Legendary, albeit posthumously and through Arven as an intermediary]].
744** Every game has a place where you can [[RecursiveCanon talk to members of Game Freak staff]] and get a reward from the Director for completing the National Pokédex except for ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', where Jacq gives the reward instead and Game Freak is absent.
745** Ever since Looker's debut in Generation IV, each generation has had at least one game in which he makes an appearance. Generation VIII is an odd case, in that he appears, but in a ''side'' game, ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMasters Pokémon Masters EX]]''.
746** Every generation has at least one card in the [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Trading Card Game]] simply named "Switch," with each generation having its own illustration. From Generation III and onwards, it's also done by a different illustrator (Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated both the Generation I and Generation II switches).
747** Every game will always have a rival who always picks a starter Pokemon with a type advantage over yours. Inverted in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' where your rival picks a starter whose type is weak against yours, and for ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', where the rival does the same and it's the ''Champion or Academy Director'', respectively, who pick the one strong against yours--and you have to face its fully-evolved form at the end of the game.
748** The player character will always be a HeroicMime with dialogue response options. This is a defining character trait for Red's cameo appearances in a few games since he was the player character in the first generation.
749** Each game, from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and onward (with the exception of ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]''), has a stone structure surrounded by moss and another one surrounded by ice. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as these locations will allow Eevee to evolve into Leafeon or Glaceon, respectively, and there are no in-game methods to obtain them otherwise. Similarly, there always exists an area with a strong magnetic field, which induces evolution on various Pokémon. ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' has such locations, but they aren't needed to evolve these Pokémon, instead allowing them to evolve by evolutionary stones instead.
750** Every new generation introduces a sweet food associated with the region.[[note]]I - Rare Candy, II - Berry Juice and Rage Candy Bar, III - Lava Cookie, IV - Old Gateau, V - Casteliacone, VI - Lumiose Galette and Shalour Sable, VII - Big Malasada and Pewter Crunchies, VIII - Exp. Candy, IX - Ice Cream and Crepes of various flavors[[/note]] The ones introduced in Generations III through VII all have the effect of curing any status condition.
751* Every game in the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' series has an appearance by the Go-Rock Quads. They're only evil in the first game, however.
752** Every game has an underwater section, accessed either by submarine or aqualung.
753* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has a few recurring elements:
754** The FinalBoss is killed with a rocket launcher, which is given to you by another character. If Ada Wong is in a game, she'll usually be the one to give the rocket launcher to you.
755** Every appearance by Ada always has her in the role of a DoubleAgent.
756** Every game typically starts with something going horribly wrong that leads to the zombie/monster outbreak, followed by the player characters getting thrown into the mess when they try to investigate and then having to take matters into their own hands.
757** The endings will usually have the main characters escape in a helicopter or some other escape vehicle.
758** A laboratory or similar location will always be rigged to self destruct.
759** There will usually be a SuperpoweredMook that will stalk the player character and attack them at each appearance.
760** Most games have at least one [[DisposablePilot helicopter]] being destroyed.
761* Each of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' games features the leader of the Saints delivering a RousingSpeech to the assembled gang, ending with the phrase, "It's our time now! Let's get this shit started!" In the fourth game, the fact that this has become a tradition gets a LampshadeHanging.
762** Every game also has at least one named ally die over the course of the game, with the player having the ability to [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies bring them back as a zombie later on]], though ''4'' does abandon part of this trend. [[spoiler:No chance of bringing back any of your allies that died when the Earth got destroyed, sadly. However, since the game takes place in a computer simulation, a number of characters who died in previous games ''do'' get to return as [=AIs=]]].
763* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': Beelzebub is always a {{superboss}}, and is always one of the most (if not THE most) difficult.
764* The ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' games have a few.
765** Bently says "[[IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect If I did my math right]]... and I ''always'' do my math right" at some point.
766** An EnemyMine between Sly and Carmelita towards the end of the game, always resulting in them fighting the FinalBoss together.
767** A RhythmGame level.
768** Starting with the third game, Sly's [[BadBadActing incredibly bad attempt at an Italian accent]]. (This one was actually a case of ThrowItIn, his voice actor was so bad at it they decided to make it a RunningGag)
769* Every ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' game:
770** Starting with ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' Episode 1, has an Achievement for [[SpeedRun beating the first Act of the game in under a minute.]][[note]]''VideoGame/SonicColors'' doesn't have this achievement, but it doesn't have ANY achievements [[Platform/NintendoWii due to its console]].[[/note]] [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''VideoGame/SonicForces'', which has the 60-second requirement in the demo but not in the full game, though it does have a 60-second Achievement in Classic Sonic's first stage.
771** Every mainline Sonic game after ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' always has someone say "Long time, no see!", sometimes multiple times per game.
772* Each ''Splatoon'' game introduces one large enemy, usually a boss, that requires you to FeedItABomb to defeat. They are the Octomaw in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 1}}'', Maws in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'', and Master Mega in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 3}}''.
773* In most major titles in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise, Princess Peach is either kidnapped by Bowser (sometimes it's someone else) right at the start of the game or later on. Many games lampshade the absurd frequency of Peach's kidnapping, with one character in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' saying "Oh no! The Princess got kidnapped again!? Mario, can you go and rescue her like you always do?"
774* Wild Dog blowing himself up (although it was accidental in the first game) after being defeated in each ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' game. In fact, it is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in ''5'' the first time it looks like he's going to do it (with the protagonists taking cover), only for the button to instead activate a jetpack.
775* Every stage in ''VideoGame/TimeSplittersFuturePerfect'', except the first and last, has a rambling drunk person in it somewhere.
776* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII: Reign of Chaos'': In every campaign save Undead a protagonist will encounter an extraordinarily powerful enemy and nearby a convenient power source of ''very'' shady (or outright sinister) nature, ignore the warnings, use the power source and beat the enemy but become corrupted in the process. Undead are exempt because there's nothing to corrupt there anymore.
777* Every normal ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' game contains, counting ''D.I.Y.'' and ''D.I.Y. Showcase'' as parts of the same game:
778** A nose-picking microgame:
779*** "Gold Digger", which debuted in the original game and reappeared in ''Touched!'', ''D.I.Y.'' and ''Game & Wario''.
780*** "Nose Dive", Kat & Ana's boss microgame in ''Twisted!'', is a ShootEmUp adventure against a nose army.
781*** "You Can Pick Your Friends..." in ''Smooth Moves'' is similar to "Gold Digger", but 3D.
782*** An unnamed Jimmy Coaster microgame in ''Snapped!''.
783*** "Picket Ship", Dribble & Spitz boss microgame in ''D.I.Y. Showcase'', revolves around a nose-shaped alien ship and missile fingers.
784*** "Gold Digger" and "Nose Dive" return in ''Gold''
785*** "Gold Digger" appears once again in ''Get It Together!'', albeit with different gameplay.
786** One or more stages with microgames borrowed entirely from previous Nintendo games. 9-Volt is usually, but not always, its host.
787** A stage whose microgames' music is overridden with a continuously-playing song.
788** At least one song with vocals.
789** A short tutorial stage with Wario as its host, followed by a stage hosted by Mona or Jimmy T.
790** A final stage hosted by an alternate form of Wario. In this stage, Wario appears in all of the microgames.
791* Every ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' game features one party member who says "I'm really feeling it!" Shulk in [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 the first]], some PlayerCharacter voices in ''{{VideoGame/X|enobladeChroniclesX}}'', and Zeke in the [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 second]]. Both the first game and the sequel also feature a LaughablyEvil [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]] villain named Bana. Going further, every ''Xeno'' game has a character named Vandham.
792* The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series has always had a member of the Amon family as its SuperBoss in each game. Starting with the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 first game]] the trend begins with Jo Amon. Starting with [[VideoGame/Yakuza4 the foirth]], the other members of the family would account for multiple playable characters. Come ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'', Jo would be replaced by Shin Amon, who would also replace Jo in Ichiban’s saga. Might make sense, since Jo also appears in ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'' [[spoiler:and is killed by Kenshiro.]]
793* The ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' trilogy has several plot points that appear in all games:
794** A main character's left hand is severed, allowing their bracelets to come off without them immediately dying.[[note]]Clover cuts Junpei's arm and takes his bracelet and he lives to see her walk away in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''; Sigma's arm is crushed by a door in ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''; and Akane cuts Carlos's arm with a chainsaw in ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma''.[[/note]]
795** There is at least one person in the facility that is not one of the players.[[note]]Musashidou and Nijisaki in ''999''; Akane in ''VLR''; Sean in ''ZTD''[[/note]]
796** Zero is revealed to be [[spoiler:the player]], though what this actually means is different between games [[note]]In 999, the player is young Akane seeing the future through Junpei's perspective, and current Akane is Zero; in ''VLR'', the protagonist Sigma is Zero (though the player is controlling his past self unknowingly inhabiting his future self's body and unaware that his future self is Zero); and in ''ZTD'' the player's viewpoint is that of Zero (Delta) watching the scene through security cameras and using his mind control abilities to influence the supposed "player characters" into making decisions[[/note]].
797** A bad ending gives an {{Infodump}} and information necessary to reach the GoldenEnding.
798** The PlayerCharacter knows things they can't possibly know thanks to [[spoiler:the sharing of information via the morphogenetic field]].
799** A lethal weapon is found during a room escape and [[GenreBlindness left alone]] by the player character. Said weapon is later used in order to take a life.[[note]]Clover's axe in ''999'' (and Ace's gun, except he killed nobody); the scalpels in both ''VLR'' and ''ZTD'' and, additionally, Eric's shotgun in ''ZTD''.[[/note]]
800** There is a {{Jerkass}} woman [[{{Fanservice}} with visibly huge breasts]] who turns out to be a genius in some field of knowledge.[[note]]Lotus in ''999'', Alice in ''VLR'', Mira in ''ZTD''[[/note]]
801** One non-Zero player is a murderous sociopath (or become one) who will try to kill the rest of the cast.[[note]]Ace (and, in one ending, Clover) in ''999''; Dio in ''VLR''; Mira (and, sometimes, Eric) in ''ZTD''[[/note]]
802[[/folder]]
803
804[[folder:Web Animation]]
805* ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary'': "Dear Diary..."
806* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'':
807** (Evil) Balloon dieing.
808** Killdra suddenly appearing from behind Koden.
809** Andy saying "You're gonna give me X without the Y if you keep doing that." to Martha after she slaps him.
810** Alex complaining about the place they chose to go to at the start of the episode.
811* Launchpad getting kicked into the air by someone in the ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}} series''.
812* ''Animation Domination Hi-Def'''s recurring "Scientifically Accurate" series: The very first episode was "Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man", which repeatedly mentioned the fact that male spiders detach their penises in order to mate, and ever since then, every episode has gone out of its way to include some strange scientific fact about characters' genitalia, or at the very least shoehorn the word "dick" into the parody lyrics.
813* Parodied in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', where Strong Bad specifically says that once an episode of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]'', Eh! Steve! shows up to deliver his catchphrase.
814-->'''Eh! Steve!''': "Eh! Steve!"
815* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': The opening card, which barring a few changes, has always read 'Somewhere in Nevada...'
816* ''WebAnimation/{{Shrapnel}}'': In the figurine review episodes hosted by Potato, part of the review will be her judging the figure on how well it can do a squat, to demonstrate how flexible (or not) it’s leg & foot joints are.
817* ''WebAnimation/OneMinuteFly'': Each mainline installment opens with a fly hatching from an egg and being confronted by the giant timer representing its imminent mortality.
818[[/folder]]
819
820[[folder:Webcomics]]
821* A failed version of this is in ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}''. According to the [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-06-29 notes of the artist]], he was planning to "have a bunch [of barrels] around in every comic after Frohman mistakenly ordered them." Unfortunately, he stopped doing so [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-07-06 three comics later.]]
822* Moru from ''[[http://godmode.keenspot.com/ God Mode]]'' used to wear a different video games related hat every page... until Adis ruined it...
823* In every story arc of ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' something very big will crash into Bob's roof, producing vertical block letters spelling "BOOM!"
824* ''Webcomic/QuestionDuck'' will ask a totally off-the-wall question every single strip. (With the rarest of exceptions, all of which are variations, such as the duck asking "What can we do?" after a disaster, or a human asking the question.)
825* The punchline in every single strip of ''Webcomic/WebcomicName'' is "oh no".
826[[/folder]]
827
828[[folder:Web Original]]
829* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}:''
830** During the beginning, Dream says, "Also according to [=YouTube=]'s statistics only a small percentage of people who watch my videos are actually subscribed, [[PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel so if you end up liking this video consider subscribing.]] It's free and you can always unsubscribe. Enjoy the video."
831** Dream always starts the videos by tricking the hunters into distracting themselves, then running off while they're too busy to notice he's already started. It'd be easier to count the times he ''doesn't'' do this.
832** Every Minecraft Manhunt feels incomplete without hearing the words: '''"Oh, Dream!"'''
833** In pretty much every episode, Dream has at least one or two tricks or traps to try out against the hunters. There's usually at least one for every point in the run (the initial resource-gathering, the Nether run, the Ender Pearl hunting, and the End fight).
834[[/folder]]
835
836[[folder:Web Videos]]
837* ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'': "Hey Troper!" "What?" "Knife."
838* ''WebVideo/BaumgartnerRestoration'': He will invariably remark that a subject's skin is "not jaundiced" while he's cleaning up yellowed varnish (or, gods forbid, [[BerserkButton polyurethane]]).
839* ''WebVideo/{{Chubbyemu}}'': "...-emia meaning presence in blood." Bernard will almost always discuss blood condition with this phrase, often when the patient of the episode develops one. It's often thrown into episodes where the patient ''doesn't'' contract a blood condition, such as the "2 liters of fiber supplement" episode mentioning how fiber supplement helps against hypercholestrolemia.
840* ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'': Almost every video opens with Jeremy complaining about the movie showing too many logos.
841* ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'':
842** "Next time, we eat x!" where x is something outlandish or impossible to eat, but subverted in The Slaughterhouse: "Next time, we eat dessert!" Sure enough, next week was The Black Legend: [[GirlOnGirlIsHot two girls eating]] [[EroticEating a gigantic crepe]].
843** Someone in the comments will make a joke about African famines.
844* Every episode of ''Creator/AchievementHunter's Game Night'' series, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness save for a few early ones]], would be punctuated by [[Creator/GavinFree Gavin]] interrupting Geoff and Caleb to shout "WHAT IS GAME NIGHT?!", usually near the beginning. One episode revolved around Michael's attempt to prevent him from saying it, by wrestling him to the ground and covering his mouth until the end of the episode. [[spoiler:He succeeds, [[ShaggyDogStory but Ray says it at the end in Gavin's place.]]]]
845* ''WebVideo/KentuckyBallistics'' has quite a few running gags, but one thing never changes: the tables that the host Scott [=DeShields=] sets up to place his targets are ''always'' destroyed at the end.
846* Every Ke$ha song parody by ''The Key of Awesome'', includes Ke$ha's disapproving parents.
847* WebVideo/MatthewSantoro starts out most of his early videos by showing a comedic video clip to his audience.
848* WebVideo/{{Phelous}} dies once per episode. Granted there seem to be [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros one-ups]] roaming around his house, and something to do with TimeTravel or cloning or the fact it might be partially in the Franchise/MortalKombat verse oh I give up, I don't know.
849* On ''WebVideo/ReelGeekGirls'', Drew Ryan often asks his guests to mime hitting themselves with a frying pan due to his love for the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. He used to ask them to make a funny face but that has since been phased out.
850* ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'' features a number of recurring jokes that happen at least once an episode:
851** The executive will begin the video by asking, "So, you have a movie for me?" The writer responds, "Yes, sir, I do!"
852** When the executive predicts that a plot challenge will be difficult to overcome, the writer immediately shoots him down by saying, "Actually it'll be super easy! Barely an inconvenience!" The executive responds, "Oh, really?"
853** After the writer mentions a general subject, the executive interjects that the thing mentioned is "tight."
854** When the writer describes something shocking or upsetting, the executive responds, "Oh! My god!"
855** When the executive points out a plot hole, the writer responds, "Oh, whoops!" The executive agrees with a "Whoopsie!" and they both move right on.
856** The pitch ends with the writer or executive making an assertion that is immediately contradicted by cutting to the image of a ''Screen Rant'' news headline.
857** Almost every episode features some variant of the following exchange: "Why?" "I don't know!" "Fair enough." (Other common variants include "Why?" "Because!" "That works.", and "Why?" "Unclear!" "Well, okay then.")
858* ''WebVideo/TheTRYChannel'' usually has two participants, at the end of the video, ask the viewer to subscribe, and "hit the notification bell". How successful they are in getting this out depends on if the participants are laughing too much over some joke. Or, if it was a drinking episode.
859* ''WebVideo/UnclearedZeroPointZero'': The dreaded #DGR level ''will'' be among the uncleared levels DGR plays in every episode, no exceptions.
860* On the Website/YouTube page for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7Srv4mxJejt2NLmumkRRQ WhatCulture.Com]]'',
861** Whenever Jules Gill hosts a video list, he will invariably include a crass YourMom joke, adding, "There's my one-per-list". Starting in Spring 2020 he appears to have stopped doing this, having stated he thinks that they've run their course.
862** Starting around early 2019, Jules has taken to closing most of his videos with a heartfelt message to his listeners, telling them they should look after themselves, that they deserve success, love and happiness and if they're struggling through life [[YouAreNotAlone it's okay to take a step back and to get help from friends, family or professionals]].
863--->''[[SigningOffCatchPhrase "As always, I've been Jules, you've been awesome, never forget that, and I'll speak to you soon."]]''
864* ''WebVideo/WorldWarTwo'': Every episode [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness except the first one]] begins with Indy in a NewhartPhonecall at his desk, usually saying a few lines that foreshadow the content of the episode before hanging up.
865[[/folder]]

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