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Stock Phrases
alt title(s): Trite Phrases; Stock Phrase
Taggart: I know what we'll do! We'll head 'em off at the pass!
LaMarr: 'Head them off at the pass'? I hate that cliché! [Shoots Taggart]
— Blazing Saddles

You have heard that line before. It is not a Catch Phrase. It does not need to be the exact same line you have heard a hundred times before, but it is that exact same line at least half of the time.

Closely related to the Stock Parodies. When you've heard the entire conversation before, it has degenerated into a Cliche Storm. See also Stock Quotes, which can be attributed to a single source but are quoted over and over.
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