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** And there are some worse examples. [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s The 1980s version]], for instance, gave us ''The Legend of Big Paw''.

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** And there are some worse examples. [[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s The 1980s version]], for instance, gave us ''The ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw The Legend of Big Paw''.Paw]]''.
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* The 1983-90 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' cartoon is a whole lot of cliches from the era put together, usually [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] or adventure plots, from school election to a trip to Australia.

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* The 1983-90 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' cartoon is a whole lot of cliches from the era put together, usually [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] or adventure plots, from a competitive football match and school election to a trip to Australia.
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* The 1983-90 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' cartoon is a whole lot of cliches from the era put together, usually [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] or adventure plots, from school election to a trip to Australia.
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* Official ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' publications intentionally play to every fantasy cliche imaginable with the understanding that if a DM doesn't like the standard way of doing things, s/he can always change it for his/her campaign.

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* Official ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' publications intentionally play to every fantasy cliche imaginable with the understanding that if a DM doesn't like the standard way of doing things, s/he they can always change it for his/her their campaign.
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** Much the same can be said about it's immediate predecessor and successor from the same studio, ''WesternAnimation/DragonBooster'' and ''WesternAnimation/Slugterra''.
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* Creator/RobLiefeld's infamous ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' featured a team whose only [[BadassNormal non-powered member]] was also its leader, several Wolverine [[CaptainErsatz rip-offs]] including a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, characters layered in [[TooManyBelts pouches]] and [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulderpads]], [[DarkAgeOfSupernames names]] like "Darcangel" and "Badrock," gun-toting [[NinetiesAntiHero anti-heroes]] with religious-sounding names (the hot new character when the book debuted was Marvel's gun-toting antihero Bishop--Youngblood gives us Chapel, Cross, and Prophet), and buxom women in [[{{Stripperiffic}} skimpy outfits]]. And they had "Home" and [[WestCoastTeam "Away"]] teams.

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* Creator/RobLiefeld's infamous ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' featured a team whose only [[BadassNormal non-powered member]] was also its leader, several Wolverine [[CaptainErsatz rip-offs]] including a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, characters layered in [[TooManyBelts pouches]] and [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulderpads]], [[DarkAgeOfSupernames names]] like "Darcangel" and "Badrock," gun-toting [[NinetiesAntiHero anti-heroes]] with religious-sounding names (the hot new character when the book debuted was Marvel's gun-toting antihero Bishop--Youngblood gives us Chapel, Cross, and Prophet), and buxom women in [[{{Stripperiffic}} skimpy outfits]]. And they had "Home" and [[WestCoastTeam "Away"]] teams.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChipChilla'': You have the BumblingDad, the intelligent mum, and the three children being dim-witted brats in need of learning a lesson or two.
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-->'''Mittens:''' ''[shaking her head and smirking]'' Sheesh -- look at me, Bolt. Who’da thunk it? I'm a card-carrying midlife crisis cliché. If I were a bank CEO, I’d have bought myself a shiny new red sports car and dumped you for a studly tomcat half my age.
-->'''Bolt:''' ''[chuckling]'' I guess so. Funny thing about clichés, though -- they’re old and moldy, but they're usually true. Y’know, like "A stitch in time saves nine?"
-->'''Mittens:''' Or, "There’s no use crying over spilled milk."
-->'''Bolt:''' Uh-huh -- and, "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

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-->'''Mittens:''' ''[shaking her head and smirking]'' Sheesh -- look at me, Bolt. Who’da Who'da thunk it? I'm a card-carrying midlife crisis cliché. If I were a bank CEO, I’d I'd have bought myself a shiny new red sports car and dumped you for a studly tomcat half my age.
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''[chuckling]'' I guess so. Funny thing about clichés, though -- they’re old and moldy, but they're usually true. Y’know, Y'know, like "A stitch in time saves nine?"
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* [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Bernard Montgomery's]] [[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/part16/el-alamein-personalmessage.jpg address to the British Eighth Army]] shortly before the battle of El Alamein was filled with cliches, and he was known for being fond of using them in general.

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* This is a big reason for the divisive reception of ''Manga/AkameGaKill''. For the most part, it's a pretty standard fantasy adventure manga, with characters who fit directly into classic archetypes of the genre. Even the settings and concepts have rather unoriginal names (i.e "The Empire", "Danger Beasts"). The only real difference is that DeathIsCheap doesn't apply.
%%* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': The first episode alone displays rather obvious parallels with ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}'' and ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', among others.
%%* ''Manga/BlackCat'', which is a mix of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', and ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''.
* ''Manga/BlackClover'' is a highly derivative work that has been accused of this a lot. Asta being the hyperactive StockShonenHero seeking to become the strongest, alongside his more serious and talented StockShonenRival Yuno, are frequently dubbed copies of [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto and Sasuke]], despite the two pairs being vastly different in terms of their dynamic. The Black Bulls, the general setup of the magic system, and the Magic Knights gets the story called a ''Manga/FairyTail'' copy. Asta lacking ''conventional'' powers, but then being granted an ''unusual'' one has been compared to Izuku Midoriya's origins in its contemporary rival ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. The overall tone of the manga has even seen it called "the new ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''".
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' has this as one of the main complaints given by detractors. It's about a FallenPrincess who initially is cold and mean but undergoes a DefrostingIceQueen process, thanks in part to a male LoveInterest who is essentially the generic harem protagonist except he’s just comic relief, complete with her acting {{Tsundere}} and [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale beating him]] for [[PervertRevengeMode being]] an AccidentalPervert. She joins the [[ImprobablyFemaleCast all-female]] LaResistance against the EvilEmpire that exiled her; said empire is [[ANaziByAnyOtherName a clear Nazi-analogue]], displaying FantasticRacism against [[{{Muggles}} Norma]], and is populated by an AlwaysChaoticEvil race (the Mana people). The heroes are forced to also fight dragon-like monsters ([[SarcasmMode creatively]] called [=DRAGONs=]), before finding out that [[spoiler:they were HumanAllAlong]] and that HumansAreTheRealMonsters. The initial BigBad is a generic [[TheEmperor evil emperor]] with no redeeming qualities, before it is revealed that he is a DiscOneFinalBoss being controlled by a generic [[GodIsEvil evil god]] who also has no redeeming qualities and tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil brainwash and rape the heroine and various other female characters to show how evil he is]]. He is eventually beaten by ThePowerOfLove and a happy ending is had for all- [[InferredHolocaust except the “evil” race, who are left to die off]].
* ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan'', a spin-off manga from The ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', is based on the AlternateUniverse seen in ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'', is a relatively cliché rom-com series that plays most of its tropes straight, albeit reimagining most of the cast in an AU without the supernatural elements of its parent series.
* ''Manga/TheDisastrousLifeOfSaikiK'' has a character named Hiroshi Satou, who is perfectly average in everything and has the power to attract clichés. One episode is about a baseball game that follows a cliché plot. Saiki [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] every single cliché or generic line. However, Nendo and Kuboyasu pull the plot away from clichés, and Saiki has to {{enforce|dTrope}} the plot. [[spoiler: Nendo's pure skill leads to victory anyway.]]
* ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai'' is a shonen manga series done as though it were a ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' game. Thus it does not just use cliches, it beats them down, makes friends with them, and then watches in amazement as they come out of nowhere and tell it to go on without them. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It's part of its charm.]]
%%* Every character, visual element, and plot device in %%*''Manga/ElementalGelade'' feels lifted from some better series.
%%* ''Manga/FairyTail'' tends to play every shounen cliche straight. Especially ThePowerOfFriendship.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' plays every single trope of the SuperRobot genre as straight as an arrow. However, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this doesn't detract from how awesome it is]].
* See also ''Anime/{{Gekiganger 3}}'' from ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' which is even more of an example. Practically every attack and character is lifted from some famous SuperRobot series, mostly ''Anime/MazingerZ'' (for robot design and attacks) and ''Manga/GetterRobo'' (the characters and everything else).
%%* ''Anime/GhostStories'' demonstrates quite a few cliches from horror works.
* The ''Guardian Hearts'' OVA series manages to cram in each and every cliché of anime FanService and the UnwantedHarem. To the seasoned viewer, viewing it for the first time feels like seeing it the second time.
%%* ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' makes use of a staggering number of cliches.
%%* This is the whole point of ''Anime/JinkiExtend'', at least the anime.
* ''Manga/HaremRoyaleWhenTheGameEnds'' has many of the cliches of the HaremGenre (MarshmallowHell, ThanksForTheMammary, eating lunch together, going on a vacation together etc.), because its main premise is that a demon is forcing most of the main characters to act as the harem of her (the demon's) contractor. It does this while [[PlayedForHorror playing the premise for horror]] as the twist is that the “losers” of the harem ''[[DeadlyGame will be sent to hell]]''.
* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'':
** ''Manga/HoshiiroGirldrop'', a ShowWithinAShow from the manga's second season, is [[InvokedTrope deliberately designed]] to be as much of a standard IdolGenre romcom as possible: its introduction features the start of a ChildhoodFriendRomance, and previews of it in the anime pit the Drop Stars' growth and rivalry with other groups against the main couple's kindling feelings. Of course, ''Pop Team Epic'' [[SurrealHumor being]] ''Pop Team Epic'', it can't go more than a chapter (in manga) or an 5 minute segment (in the anime) before [[HostileShowTakeover Popuko hijacks it]], and a late-game preview indicates it uses cliches from completely different genres as well ([[spoiler:the main heroine making a HeroicSacrifice during a devastating battle]]). The only aspect of the series that takes itself seriously is its anthology, which appropriately looks like any anthology series for an established manga.
** In the anime, all of the Space Neko Company shorts are genre spoofs played straight. "DONCA SIS" in particular is a FlirtyStepsiblings Shoujo romance with a rivals-to-lovers plot, with Popuko and Pipimi playing the AbusiveParents by changing ''nothing'' about themselves.
** "Emotional Documentary: Hellshake Yano" is all about a rock star holding the line for his band via EpicRocking. This deliberately contrasts its very nontraditional presentation: two guys recording themselves flipping through sketchbooks ''kamishibai''-style.
* This is the ''entire point'' of ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'', which started out as [[ShowWithinAShow a fictional manga/anime]] within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' and intentionally uses numerous tropes that were popular in manga and anime at the time ''Genshiken'' was first published, particularly those related to the {{Moe}} boom of the early-to-mid 2000s. Despite its heavily tropey nature, it became popular enough on its own to be spun off into its own small franchise.
* ''Manga/AMangaWithTooManyPremises'' is a YuriGenre manga with this PlayedForLaughs. A [[AgeGapRomance high school girl named Ryou and a young woman named Yuna]] meet by chance and [[ChildhoodFriendRomance realize they played together when they were young]]. At that point, a man shows up, someone Ryou and Yuma both recognize as their father, and he reveals that he has two separate families, [[BrotherSisterIncest making the women half-sisters]]. Ryou collapses, and when Yuna helps her, they realize they [[{{Telepathy}} can both read each other's minds by touching]], and then fall in love. They then kiss, which causes them to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch bodies]]. All this happens in the span of ''four pages.''
* ''Anime/MiraiRoboDaltanious'' does nothing original in terms of the SuperRobot genre. Pick a Super Robot trope and Daltanious plays it straight every time. You even have character designs ripped off wholesale from ''Anime/MazingerZ''.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' showcases every stock element common to the Franchise/{{Gundam}} franchise. It tends to dance on the line between this and Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a positive version of this. While the basic of the plot and much of the aesthetics of it have been used and reused before, the manga gives a new spin on and depth to these clichés, particularly related to the characters and their interactions (such as making TheHero's best quality being a quick-thinking [[TheStrategist strategist]], instead of his brute strength and make the stoic ace one of his close friends instead of an AloofAlly).
%%* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is often accused of being one, especially in its early days. In particular, the characters of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were sometimes summed up as "TheHero, TheRival and The LoveInterest".
* ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'' is one of the most cliché shounen rom-com manga series in recent memory. Despite this, it has a pretty big fanbase and an anime adaptation, proving that, at least to some, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
* Done [[InvokedTrope deliberately]] in the final episode of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', in which most of the cast acts out a stereotypical HighSchool anime[[note]]with Misato being a hot SenseiChan, Asuka and Rei having cliche {{tsundere}} and GenkiGirl personalities respectively, and so on,[[/note]] in a scene apparently taking place in Shinji's mind (or it may be an AlternateUniverse).
* ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'': The premise is fairly original on paper (boy raised by {{yokai}} becomes clan heir and sets out to both prove that DarkIsNotEvil and ''[[HeelFaceTurn make sure it stays that way]]'', while fighting against a Yokai-supremacist clan led by a badass DarkActionGirl BigBad) but the execution quickly falls into this between the StockCharacter cast and the inevitable segue into [[ShonenDemographic Shonen tropes]] (to the point where [[spoiler:the dark action girl is [[NeverASelfMadeWoman being manipulated and gets usurped]] by a [[EvilMakesYouUgly hideous]], uncharismatic FatBastard and an [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Aizen]] {{expy}}]]).
* ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' does this on purpose as part of an AffectionateParody of {{Dating Sim}}s in an episode where the cast gets [[TrappedInTVLand trapped in an old game console]] and has to play out the game to its completion (Mahiro, cast as the PlayerCharacter, has to find a girlfriend by the end of the school year) if they want to get back to the real world. Pretty much every single Dating Sim trope is either used (like MeetCute) or at least paid lip service (Mahiro's mother warning him that if he doesn't pick a girl soon, [[GayOption his best friend might confess instead]]).
* The manga ''Manga/{{Otomen}}'' is an intentional example of this. Being an overall parody of shojo manga and a satire of Japanese gender roles, the author has pretty much stated that she goes out of her way to do every shojo manga cliche in the book.
%%* ''Anime/StrikeWitches''. It's still quite enjoyable though, if you just don't think too hard about what happens.
* It seems strange, but it seems that the manga ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' manages to use all the most stereotyped themes for dirty jokes, including regular jokes about masturbation, dildos and blowjob. In ''each'' episode and almost ''every'' scene.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' [[BeyondTheImpossible likes breaking the laws of physics and its own setting]] [[SerialEscalation in increasingly awesome ways.]] It embraces and revels in its cliches, and you can't help but get swept up in its pure enthusiasm, proving once again that Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad.
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' is a pretty cliche {{fanservice}}-y shonen romcom series, but that hasn't stopped it from being insanely popular (mostly due to how over-the-top the fanservice can get, going far beyond {{ecchi}} and straight into borderline {{hentai}}).
* The dream RPGEpisode at the start of ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga'' parodies every HeroicFantasy trope in 20 deeply confusing minutes.
-->''[[{{Retirony}} "I was going to go back to my hometown and get married!!"]]''
* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' shows that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools despite playing nearly every single anime trope to the tee]], Cliché storms can ''really'' work. It's a very beloved series in the Americas, Korea, and parts of Europe (though Italy [[AmericansHateTingle hates Hitomi]]). Despite being seen negatively in Japan, [[CriticalDissonance it obviously inspired a lot of people who did like it]].
* ''VisualNovel/YosugaNoSora'' In stages, reproduces virtually every BrotherSisterIncest trope. Responsible elder brother and extremely jealous younger sister {{tsundere}}. She masturbates, fantasizing about him, while he is trying to build a relationship with a childhood friend. Other characters reproach the main character for being too close and affectionate with his sister. And so almost to the very end, not to mention the arcs of other heroines.
* ''Manga/{{Uwakoi}}'' and ''Aki Sora'', both by Masahiro Itosugi, collectively take the most infamous tropes associated with ecchi and harem titles - AllWomenAreLustful, FetishizedAbuser, BrotherSisterIncest, UnwantedHarem, {{Yandere}}, etc. - and plays them all for serious drama (although ''Uwakoi'' takes a DarkerAndEdgier approach).
* ''Manga/YuruYuri'' seems to be trying to cram every single possible characterization trope pertaining to the Yuri genre into a single universe[[note]]To list a few: ChildhoodFriendRomance, TomboyAndGirlyGirl, RoseHairedSweetie, BelligerentSexualTension, CovertPervert, {{Tsundere}}, SiblingIncest and its {{Twincest}} flavor... And it goes on and on.[[/note]]. It didn't stop it from being extremely popular as a slice-of-life yuri comedy, spurring beyond the original manga 3 seasons, several written spin-offs, and a few [=OVA=]s.
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* Music/BradPaisley's "[[http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/brad-paisley-lyrics/then-lyrics.html Then]]". Could there be a more cliché chorus line than "And now you're my whole life / Now you're my whole world / And I just can't believe the way I feel about you, girl"?
%%* Music/BruceSpringsteen's "My Best Was Never Good Enough" is a deliberate parody.
* Music/CarrieUnderwood's "See You Again" is four minutes of "you're dead, but I'm not sad" clichés that have been done a million times. It also sounds like all the "sad" songs you always hear on movie soundtracks (it was written for one of the ''[[Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]'' films). It's telling that, out of all the "story behind the song" entries in the now-defunct ''Country Weekly'' magazine, this song had by far the shortest--it barely took up half a page!
* Also from Underwood is "Something in the Water", which is full of religious redemption clichés about how the narrator is "changed" and "stronger". It even resorts to the ultimate religious cliché--ending with an interpolation of AmazingFreakingGrace.
%%* Every line of Cascada's "Every Time We Touch."
* Music/DschinghisKhan: Their music is pretty cliché, but "Moskau" ''really'' takes the cake.
* Music/CelineDion's albums are a veritable clichefest. Her first seven albums (not counting her Christmas Album) feature no fewer than 27 songs with the word love in the title. That's about 1/5th of the songs she recorded. She outdid herself on "The Colour of My Love" where half of the songs (and the title of the album) feature the word love.
** Toto are pretty similar; about half their songs follow the formula of 'I love you very much <insert female name as title of song>.' It got so bad, they named one song (admittedly a good one) ''99''. On their second album.
* Nearly anything written by Diane Warren, including Music/CelineDion's "Because You Loved Me" ("You were my strength when I was weak / You were my voice when I couldn't speak...") or Music/LeAnnRimes (or Music/TrishaYearwood's) "How Do I Live" ("How do I live without you? I want to know / How do I breathe without you if you ever go? / How do I ever, ever survive?). Also, count how many times she used the phrase "in this moment" in Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".
* "The Radio Is Broken" by Music/FrankZappa is basically just Frank and Roy Estrada reading a laundry list of [[TropesInSpace 1950's, Sci-Fi, Space Movie clichés]], and it is hilarious.
* The charity single "Just Stand Up!" Justified in that the song was written so that sales could go to the cause (''Just Stand Up For Cancer'') and for inspirational purposes, and therefore wasn't intended to be original.
* Practically every line of "Roar" by Music/KatyPerry is a well-worn cliché. Special mention goes to the fact that the chorus ("I've got the eye of the tiger/The fighter, dancing through the fire/'Cause I am a champion/And you're gonna hear me roar") uses lyrical concepts from ''three'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4 other]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY famous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpu_PV3BTfI songs]].
* Music/KellyClarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", as WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows points out in his review of the song:
-->'''Todd''': Let me try and explain. So in case the title didn't give it away, apparently Kelly has been dumped again, but she's okay, because you know what always makes me feel better after a breakup? Cliches. Lots of them.
-->'''Kelly''': What doesn't kill you makes you stronger / Stand a little taller / Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone / Just me, myself and I
-->'''Todd''': When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Nice guys finish last. Knowledge is power. Winners don't use drugs. My God, the pain of being dumped is already fading.
* Symphonic metal band Edenbridge's "Place of Higher Power," replete with such turns of phrase as "it's a jungle out there," "beauty's only skin deep," "what a tangled web we weave," and "working like a charm."
* The reaction many had to Music/LinkinPark's Meteora, mainly because the lyrics are all about the narrator and how everyone else is wrong.
* Music/MichaelJackson could fall into this.
** His last large-scale video, "You Rock My World", is a rehash of elements from his ''Bad''/''Dangerous''-era videos: 1930s/'40s gangster motif ("Smooth Criminal"), Jackson having to prove he's tough ("Bad"--the phrase "You ain't nothin'" appears in both), celebrity appearances ("Liberian Girl", "Remember the Time", etc.), and Jackson pursuing a sexy girl ("The Way You Make Me Feel").
** It has a tearjerker reputation, but "Gone Too Soon" is really just a list of tired similes ("Like a perfect flower/That is just beyond your reach/Gone too soon").
* Almost eveything ever released by Music/RonnieJamesDio... although, to be honest, rocking like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RR1mGsUvYI this]] when you're around 70 is still pretty damned awesome.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7baAX6a6pM "He has songs of/ Wildebeests and angels/ He has soared/ on the wings of a deeee-mon!!!..."]]
* Thompson Square's "[[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/thompsonsquare/ifididnthaveyou.html If I Didn't Have You]]" is stuffed with clichés: "Sometimes, sunshine gets lost in the rain", "I couldn't live without you, baby, I wouldn't want to", "You are my heart, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment every breath I breathe…]]" etc. Even worse, they already used "every breath I breathe" only two singles prior on "I Got You".
* ''Music/VanHalen'''s song "Why Can't This Be Love", also overlapping with redundancy:
--> Only time will tell/ if we stand the test of time
* The careers of many pop-punk bands--most notably Music/ScreechingWeasel, The Riverdales, that sort of thing--could be called this, due to their fanboyish emulation of The Ramones. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This doesn't mean it's not still awesome]]. In some cases, pop punk bands do get really generic and cliched in a ''bad'' way.
* The story of the Mannheim Steamroller album and [=TV=] special ''The Christmas Angel: A Family Story'' seems built from a list of Christmas and/or winter fantasy cliches: [[Theatre/TheNutcracker living toys]] (a cat, a teddy bear, a [[WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman snowman]], and a [[Theatre/BabesInToyland toy soldier]]); a [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas monster who hates the holiday]], wrecks the town square and steals the eponymous angel (which represents the spirit of the season) from the top of its Christmas tree to ruin everything; [[Literature/TheSnowQueen a trip by the heroine and toys to the icy north to confront him]]; and a happy ending wherein the villain is reformed by the power of goodness.
* The lyrics Cosmos' ([[DarkReprise and Chaos']]) themes in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' might as well have been a long list of cliched fantasy phrases run through a computer algorithm and edited by a non-native English Speaker. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools The songs are still catchy]], though they owe far more to the kickass score and excellent performance than the written content.
* In the Creator/GilbertAndSullivan operetta ''Theater/{{Iolanthe}}'', the song "If You Go In You're Sure To Win" is made up of clichés. The first verse and chorus go
-->'''Lord Mountarat:''' If you go in You're sure to win--
-->Yours will be the charming maidie:
-->Be your law The ancient saw, "Faint heart never won fair lady!"
-->'''All:''' Never, never, never, Faint heart never won fair lady!
-->Every journey has an end--
-->When at the worst affairs will mend--
-->Dark the dawn when day is nigh--
-->Hustle your horse and don't say die!
* The songs of ''Music/RhapsodyOfFire'' are mostly grandiose fantasy stories with every cliché played with emotion and seemingly totally seriously. "Go, mighty warrior! The kings of enchanted lands are awaiting your victory. Ride on the wings of wisdom. Ride beyond the Middle Valleys to defeat the master of Chaos in the name of cosmic justice!"
* Most of the output of Music/ElectricLightOrchestra is a cliché festival, but "Tightrope" (from ''A New World Record'') compounds it on the opening line with ShapedLikeItself:
-->''They say some days you're gonna win,''\\
''They say some days you're gonna lose,''\\
''I tell you I've got news for you,''\\
''You're losin' all the time you never win, no.''
* ''Music/TomWaits'''s "Step Right Up" is mostly a collection of advertising catchphrases and cliches.
* Invoked and parodied by Music/BruceSpringsteen with "My Best Was Never Good Enough," where the lyrics, except for the title and "Come'on pretty baby, call my bluff" are nothing ''[[http://www.greasylake.org/songs_record_lyrics.php?ID=515&s_song_title=My+Best+Was+Never+Good+Enough but]]'' clichés, including a TakeThat to ''Film/ForrestGump.''
-->"Now life's like a box of chocolates\\
You never know what you're gonna get\\
Stupid is as stupid does and all the rest of that shit."
* Most of the output by the PowerMetal group ''Music/TwilightForce'' falls into this, deliberately so as it is an AffectionateParody and a celebration of many classical HighFantasy tropes from things such as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' which served as a mayor source of inspiration for the group.
* Most of Music/TaylorSwift's country-pop output seemed to be nothing but "fairy tale" (with lyrics like "you a prince and me a princess") and "being in a movie" clichés with a bit of outsider-vs.-popular cheerleader thrown in. And how many songs have there been that incorporated Superman in its lyrics?
* Music/ShaniaTwain's recorded library is full of estrogen-soaked cowgirl-on-the-prowl cliches with lyrics like "You're a fine piece of real estate and I'm gonna get me some land" (''I'm Gonna Getcha Good!'') and "I'm gonna put some 'up' in your 'giddy'" (''Giddy Up'').
* Irene Cara's "starring me" platitudes from the themes from ''Film/{{Fame}}'' and ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' are what young showbiz wannabes considered to be their anthems. "I'm gonna live forever/I'm gonna learn how to fly" were just 80s versions of standards like "You Ought to Be in Pictures" only changing second person liberally to first person.
* Music/BadCompany's "Shooting Star" is an oft-told story (not necessarily musically) about a kid who cuts his musical teeth on the Beatles, gets a guitar, leaves home to seek fame and fortune, becomes a superstar, and at the pinnacle of his stardom is found dead from sleeping pills and alcohol. With "Don't you know" thrown in the refrain many times.
* Take Jay & the Americans' "Come a Little Bit Closer," add Jim Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown," mix with a generous helping of redneck, and you have Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Gimme Three Steps." All three tell of a guy at a bar trying to score with a jealous man's girl/wife. Kip Adotta's "Wet Dream" plays this for laughs.
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* Every single Mexican and Brazilian soap opera (and most Korean ones that is over 40 episodes long) is this in spades. You always have the poor girl, who gets beloved with the rich guy, who also falls in love but has a scheduled marriage with another woman (which usually is only interested in his money only), the CorruptCorporateExecutive who is the good guy's rival and wants to get his fortune (and sometimes teams up with the evil woman to do so) and so on and so on.
* ''Series/TheATeam'' is an example of an effectively ''fun'' Cliché Storm. You know the show's basic formula after an episode or two, but the characters, [[MadeOfExplodium explosions]], and ATeamFiring make the plots entertaining.
* The ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' episode "Chick Flick" parodies all the typical slasher movie cliches when a demon releases psycho killers from horror movies and sends them after the sisters. Since their powers don't work on the killers, the sisters have to follow the typical cliches. And there's a nice little shout out to ''Psycho''.
-->'''Piper:''' "I'm being stalked by psycho killers and I hide in the shower?"
* Of the three installments in the ''Series/ChouseishinSeries'', ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'' is the one that sticks closest to the standard {{Sentai}} formula (e.g. [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers being chosen]] to stop an EvilOverlord who was sealed in the past). It's still an enjoyable watch for having excellently shot fights (as is a given with anything produced by Creator/{{Toho}}), a cast that's decently characterized and for basically being "[[CoolVsAwesome Power Rangers vs Godzilla kaiju]]."
* ''Series/CruelSummer'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. It has the usual cliches of GirlPosse, AlphaBitch, LovableAlphaBitch, jock characters bullying other kids, bullying in the hallways, and TheNineties stereotypes, but on the other hand, it goes far [[DarkerAndEdgier more darker than many high-school series]] are prepared to go as part of its ThisIsReality theme, and has [[ShownTheirWork researched into what life was really like in the 1990s]] in order to provide authenticity.
* ''Series/EmilyInParis'': The series has been criticized by reviewers (especially the French) for being this, and not in a good way. Basically, they feel it's portraying every French stereotype including the FrenchJerk stereotype, and pretty negatively too.
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' has an episode in which Rory is moving into her college dorm and another student has lost a bet against his girlfriend and must only speak in cliches. Naturally, a cliché storm follows.
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* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode 3x04 "Little Boys" Robin breaks up with a kid. She realises that he has never been dumped before and she takes advantage of it by using "every cliché in the book":
--> '''Robin:''' We need to talk. I just think, um, we both could use some space right now. It's not you. It's me. Look, I know this hurts, but you deserve someone better. I'm just really trying to focus on my career right now. You know? I just hope we can still be friends.
* Alton Brown's commentary in ''Series/IronChefAmerica'' has been this from the start. The Chairman's conversations with the challenger have turned into this.
* ''Series/LaCQ'' plays more like a stereotypical US high school series, only set in Mexico and with ([[ToiletHumor juvenile]]) [[WrittenSoundEffect comedy]] [[LaughTrack cliches]] thrown into the mix, while the characters are unrelatable due to being high-school stereotypes.
* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is a fantasy cliche ''hurricane''. However, many of its fans cite this as [[{{Troperrific}} why they love the show so much]].
* In the season 3 finale of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the team writes a speech for a politician that is intentionally made up of nothing but political speech clichés. The public eats it up. Granted, it was a small country with a one-party democracy, so the public wasn't yet disillusioned with political cliches, and the team took advantage.
* Col. Blake of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' attempted to give a RousingSpeech in "Crisis" but ended up giving the speech version of this trope. {{Lampshaded}} by Trapper:
--> '''Trapper:''' Welcome to the Henry Blake Cliche Festival.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'' was praised by [[TheDitz Barry Shitpeas]] in ''Creator/CharlieBrooker's [[Series/{{Screenwipe}} Weekly Wipe]]'' for being this:
-->'''Barry''': Wot I like was, because it had all the things you expect, like a bit where [[ClosetShuffle someone hides from a husband]], and a bit where a [[WellDoneSonGuy young bloke earns the respect of a slightly older bloke]], and a bit where someone's [[BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon framed for murder because someone's picked up a knife and put a fingerprint on it]], and a bit where one of the main characters is going to die, and you're like "[[OurHeroIsDead oh my god, one of the main characters is going to die!]]", but then the person who was going to kill them [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt gets shot]], and it pulls focus and it's [[HeroicBystander someone surprising who saved them]]--because it had all of that stuff, you already know. You didn't have to waste time figuring out what it is or what you thought about it, or who these people were. You could just sort of look at it while your mind went into screensaver mode? [[InsaneTrollLogic And that proves it's good drama.]]
* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'' is a crime show that hits all the typical crime show clichés. Laura is a divorced single mother of BrattyHalfPint twins who are out of control and constantly getting into trouble. [[WorkingWithTheEx Her boss is her ex-husband]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with whom she has large amounts of UST]]. She's a [[DeadpanSnarker wise-cracking]], [[IronLady tough as nails]] woman [[HiddenHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]] who [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything does everything]] despite the presence of other detectives who would be expected to help out. She regularly [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight breaks rules in the course of an investigation, up to and including doing illegal searches and breaking the chain of custody for evidence (and not collecting evidence properly) in a way that would almost certainly get the evidence thrown out of court in any other show.]] The show plays this completely straight.
* ''Perfect Disaster''. A short {{Mockumentary}}-styled {{Documentary}} series that focuses on horrible natural disasters--ice storm, fire storm, but the most notable is the cliché storm. While the narrator and various experts explain the science behind the phenomenons (sometimes in cut-away scenes), each episode tells a fictional story about how the citizens and the local government of a given town/city would react to them. The set-up of these stories borrows everything from clichéd disaster movies--mediocre (but decent enough for a TV series) effects, overused character archetypes and interactions, even the ''camera angles'' can be guessed if you are savvy enough. While this may undermine the intended realism for some viewers, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools others enjoy it]].
* ''Series/Pitch2016'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags this trope]]. On one hand, it's a JackieRobinsonStory about a female entering a male baseball team (the show has some ArtisticLicenseSports anyway) and has a lot of sport cliches in, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools that doesn't have to mean the show is bad because of it]].
* ''Series/PrisonBreak'' -- Okay, maybe it's not quite a ''storm'', but just too many of the characters are overly familiar--the ominous, shade-wearing government guys, the oblivious warden, the brutish guard captain, the aged Mafia guy with an Italian name, the sweet-yet-daring female leads...[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools doesn't have to mean it's a bad show]].
* ''Series/RebootTheGuardianCode'' hits this hard. While [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} the original series]] would often affectionately parody various cliches about video games and cartoons, this one plays it straight. The heroes are ordinary high school students who find that the video game they like playing together was really meant to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to stop a GenericDoomsDayVillain who doesn't do anything but menacingly spout threats about his EvilPlan.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Lampshaded in series XI when a bunch of evil simuloids use TimeTravel to [[ConquerorFromTheFuture conquer the Earth's past]], and Lister calls them horribly cliché. This continues later in the episode (paraphrased):
-->'''Simuloid:''' Well, well, WeMeetAgain!\\
'''Lister:''' Smeggin' hell, you boys really are walking cartoons, aren't you?\\
'''Simuloid:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark I think we are not so different, you and I]].
* Similar to ''Justirisers'' up there, ''Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd'' (which was also made by Creator/{{Toho}}) borrows a lot of HenshinHero cliches, but marries them with a well-rounded cast and great suit designs to make for an entertaining show.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' developed its own array of cliches which could be reliably trotted out whenever they were short an interesting script. [[HolodeckMalfunction Holodeck malfunctions]], [[TeleporterAccident transporter malfunctions]], TheMainCharactersDoEverything, PlanetOfHats aliens, attack scenes where the camera is shaken around while [[ExplosiveInstrumentation consoles explode]], and usually at least one character who is trying to sort out their relationship with humanity.
** Of note is the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E10OurManBashir Our Man Bashir]]", which is mostly an AffectionateParody of early ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, which manages both a holodeck malfunction ''and'' a transporter malfunction, which can only be sorted out by main character Julian Bashir remaining within the holodeck to save the rest of the crew!
** The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E24ThisSideOfParadise This Side of Paradise]]" includes a brief all-cliche speech from Kirk:
--->''Maybe we weren't meant for paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can't stroll to the music of the lute. We must march to the sound of drums.''
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** The characters would occasionally indulge in volleys of cliches. O'Neill in particular had a tendency to refer to the Goa'uld as having "very clichéd" behavior, and the last scene in the series is of the characters [[HurricaneOfAphorisms reciting various proverbs and cliches]].
--->''"The probe indicates a sustainable atmosphere. Temperature 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Barometric pressure is normal."\\
"No obvious signs of civilization."\\
"[=P4X-884=] looks like an untouched paradise, sir."\\
"Appearances may be deceiving."\\
"One man's ceiling is another man's floor."\\
"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell."\\
"Never run with... scissors?"''
** In the very last episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', at the end, the team use a large amount of cliches to describe what they've learned from their experiences. "Beggars can't be choosers. Better late than never. Look before you leap." "The best things in life are free."
--->'''Vala:''' Let me guess, beauty is only skin deep?
--->'''Daniel:''' Silence is golden.
--->'''Cam:''' Jack of all trades, master of none.
--->'''Sam:''' Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
** Then Vala says "Life is too short", a statement repeated throughout the episode (and Daniel and Vala's [[spoiler: time-erased relationship]]) but supposedly forgotten when the ResetButton was hit. Suggesting, interestingly, that somehow Vala remembers what happened.
* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E05MonsterMovie Monster Movie]]". Every classic horror movie cliche you can think of--because the bad guy, a shapeshifter, is deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoking]] them. The entire episode is an AffectionateParody of the old Universal monster movies, [[HomageShot right down to the way it's shot.]]
* ''Series/TJHooker'' is very guilty of being this for cop shows. Every storyline, you've seen before. All of the character types and stereotypes are here. The villains tend to have no characterization, largely being inhumane monsters. The show is such a Cliché Storm, that you might think you're watching a parody of cop shows rather than the real deal.
* On ''Series/TheWestWing'', when Bartlet debated his StrawmanPolitical opponent Robert Ritchie, we hear a snippet of one of Ritchie's responses that goes like this:
-->...and the partisan bickering. Now, I want people to work together in this great country. And that's what I did in Florida, I brought people together, and that's what I'll do as your president: end the logjam, end the gridlock, and bring Republicans together with Democrats, 'cause Americans are tired of partisan politics. ''(Applause)''
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E05ThePostModernPrometheus The Post-Modern Prometheus]]" is one giant, spiral-sliced, and deliciously smoked ham.
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* Grahame Coats of ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' is a walking Cliché Storm; to converse with him is to be buffeted by lines you've heard so often that they're not even language anymore, just meaningless noises. For his own part, Coats revels in cliches, finding them far more valuable and expressive than original thinking ever could be; this fits somewhat with the "corporate executive" to Coats' CorruptCorporateExecutive, because in conversation as in business, he'd rather go with the tried-and-true than take a real risk.
* ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' relies heavily on pandering to anime and light novel fans, and every character is an {{Otaku}}'s wet dream. It has ''three'' TokenMiniMoe characters--all of different classes--but the clichés don't end there. Like most harems, every female character is one that you've likely seen before. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, however, and some characters ''do'' receive development that shy them away from the cliché, or at least give them a FreudianExcuse.
* The magazine essayist Gordon Baxter wrote the following after receiving a memo from management deprecating the use of cliches: "I congratulate you on having the courage of a lion to set foot where the hand of man has never trod before in these shark-infested waters."
* Very intentionally so in ''Literature/TheBelgariad''. It plays the cliches straight, for laughs, and occasionally mildly deconstructs them with the sequel series showing that the characters, having done it before, are very aware of the conventions they're operating under. The characters are a ''lot'' snarkier about it the [[HereWeGoAgain second time around]].
* Lampshaded in ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel''. Elijah Baley notes that popular culture on Earth includes many stories that follow the same basic template, none of which even vaguely accord to the reality Earthpeople face in the Robot Novels.
-->The popular book-film romances, to be sure, had their stock Outer World characters: the visiting tycoon, choleric and eccentric; the beautiful heiress, invariably smitten by the Earthman’s charms and drowning disdain in love; the arrogant Spacer rival, wicked and forever beaten.
* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by ''Literature/CodexAlera''. Yes, it is a story about a FarmBoy who becomes a sword-wielding badass, learns the magic system, gets a hot girlfriend, saves the world from an AlwaysChaoticEvil nonhuman menace, and is [[spoiler:secretly the incredibly magically powerful heir to the throne]]. But it ''isn't.'' Perhaps this is due to the CoolVsAwesome. Or the unique magic system. Or the fact that all the races have been replaced by completely different and awesome things. Or that the main character is the DefiedTrope of the MartyStu. Or maybe because it was written by Creator/JimButcher.
* ''Literature/CopCraft'' is a full-blown hurricane of every BuddyCopShow and CowboyCop cliche available, except that the buddy cop in this instance is a cute young MagicKnight from a fantasy world.
* Taking away the BDSM, the main plot of ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', revolving around Ana and Christian's relationship, is a very common and stereotypical romance plot – naive, virginal everygirl who doesn't realize [[IAmNotPretty how pretty she is]] meets a moody, hot rich guy, who is charmed by her purity and innocence. He provides her with a sexual awakening while she heals him with the Power of Magic Vagina... er, [[ThePowerOfLove Love]]. Oh and he's got an evil ex who is far more sexually experienced and aggressive than the heroine and tries to break them up. The ending even features [[spoiler: Ana and Christian being married, wealthy and having a son and daughter]], which is practically the ultimate romance cliche.
* ''Literature/TheFionavarTapestry'' reads like a deliberate attempt on the part of Guy Gavriel Kay to see how many high fantasy clichés can possibly be strung together in 1,000 pages of text. Considering his motive for writing it was because he'd just been helping Christopher Tolkien edit The Silmarillion and he needed to get Middle-Earth out of his system, this was probably ''very'' deliberate.
* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is full of clichéd plots — sometimes due to Haruhi's [[RealityWarper reality-warping abilities]] subconsciously making her love of genre fiction manifest in real life, or due to Koizumi arranging the clichéd plot before Haruhi's subconscious gets a chance. They go to an [[ClosedCircle uninhabited island and someone is murdered]], go skiing and get [[SnowedIn snowed in]], get harassed by a student council that wants to shut the club down, and go on a treasure hunt where they actually find treasure, et cetera. The first episode of the anime adaptation is also a cliché storm, but it's a [[ShowWithinAShow movie made by the main characters]] which is meant to be [[StylisticSuck deliberately subpar]].
* Played with in Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's story ''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire The Hedge Knight]]''. It begins with every possible cliched circumstance around a knight joining a tournament. Then every single element of the story is revealed to actually be something else.
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' is basically a combination of the cliches found in the harem, ecchi, and shonen genres. However, the combination actually makes it stand out and indeed, serves as a {{Reconstruction}} of the harem genre. It also plays around with some of them- for example, main lead Issei is ''not'' a CluelessChickMagnet but an open pervert who decides to MarryThemAll long before the end of the series, and the girls are okay with this.
* Creator/MatthewReilly's ''Hover Car Racer'' in particular isn't exactly original, in fact it could be well described as ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in]] [[FlyingCar Hover Cars]].
* Besides the plagiarism (which included borrowing a lot from other popular teen-oriented ChickLit novels), many people who read ''Literature/HowOpalMehtaGotKissedGotWildAndGotALife'' have noted it comes off as a highly predictable coming-of-age comedy about a nerdy girl who tries get InWithTheInCrowd and discovers who she really is along the way, with stereotypical characters and cliched scenarios.
* One of the most common criticisms of the early ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' books (if you're feeling generous) or the whole series (if you're not). One of the main reasons [[TheFilmOfTheBook the movie]] was worse was that it took anything original from the book and replaced it with {{Narm}}ful clichés. For example, in the movie, Saphira goes from being a small dragon hatchling to a fully-grown dragon in a matter of moments. How? She flies up into some stormy clouds. The book actually has her physically growing, over the course of a few months, without the use of magic clouds. Also, it removed a lot of the intricate details found in the book.
* ''In the Hall of the Dragon King'' by Stephen Lawhead fits this to a T. Peasant boy who becomes heir to the throne. Old, wise mentor figure. SupportingLeader. Completely evil, slightly insane villain who wants to take over the world. EvilPrince. Liberal use of both the IdiotBall and VillainBall. Despite all that, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it's still a rather well written book]].
* ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' is full of this when it comes to the characteristics of the main characters. Just remember that the description of Miyuki Shiba on the characters page has almost all the tropes, in one way or another related to the LittleSisterHeroine. Even those that contradict [[NotBloodSiblings each]] [[RoyalInbreeding other]], yes.
* ''Literature/JimSpringmanAndTheRealmOfGlory'' has a [[ShowWithinAShow book within a book]] that purports to be about 'A unique fantasy world of hope and fear, good and evil, beauty and barbarity', where 'A teenager armed only with a magic sword and a stout heart takes up this impossible quest'. The (fictional) book is filled with cliches.
* From the evil twin and the stereotyped characters to the boy drama, the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' series uses almost every YoungAdult fiction cliché known.
* ''Literature/TheLightlarkSaga'': ''Lightlark'' is essentially an amalgamation of almost every popular young adult SpeculativeFiction and RomanceNovel cliché from the past decade before its publication (2022). This includes an angsty, inexplicably-badass heroine who is {{the only one}} who can resolve the plot, a [[StarcrossedLovers forbidden]] {{love triangle}} involving [[BettyAndVeronica a bad boy and a wholesome boy]] (both of whom are [[MayflyDecemberRomance centuries older]] than the heroine), a deadly tournament that also involves parties, pageantry and luxury housing, worldbuilding that largely boils down to PlanetOfHats, the heroine having a [[SecretLegacy secret]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark past]] she was unaware of and more.
* ''Literature/TheMissus'' is the sequel to ''The Mister'' and carries over its predecessor's cliches. The A-plot about a woman from a poor working-class background who married a rich upper-class man having to stand up to the judgement of his family and peers, all the while worrying about the effect this will have on their relationship and whether it will be worth the struggle, is pretty hackneyed; not helping is that the novel doesn't even try to do anything different with the premise, instead packing yet more romance cliches on top of this.
* ''Literature/TheMister'' gets this even worse than the author's previous series, ''Fifty Shades of Grey''; while that story was also cliched by romance novel standards, it at least stood out a bit due to its heavy focus on BDSM (albeit badly depicted). ''The Mister'' doesn't have this gimmick so we're stuck with an outdated, paint-by-numbers romance book about a playboy aristocrat who [[LadykillerInLove finally finds love]] with the [[TheIngenue unworldly]] [[CinderellaPlot and hard-done-by heroine]], whom he must rescue from numerous bad situations she gets into, up to and including [[spoiler:the villain kidnapping her and trying to pull an AndNowYouMustMarryMe]].
* ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' in a {{troperrific}} way. As the novels were based on a D&D campaign the writer played, it's full of typical fantasy-related tropes that are largely played straight.
* ''Stained'' is a novel that attempts to address the serious issues of school bullying and sexual abuse. Unfortunately, in the process of doing so, it combines three stock YA novel plots into one monster cliché plot:
** The [[HollywoodHomely ugly girl]] who's not really that ugly (she's normal-looking but has an embarrassing birthmark on her face) but still gets [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer picked on by everyone and their mother,]] especially the AlphaBitch and her GirlPosse, with only her loving-but-not-entirely-understanding Mom and Dad, her [[WithFriendsLikeThese unfaithful popular-wannabe BFF,]] her outcast guy friend who's secretly in love with her and sees her "true beauty on the inside", and her imaginary superhero alter-ego to ''eeeeeease'' her ''[[{{Wangst}} paaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnn.]]''
** The outcast who is an AllLovingHero and PuritySue despite her suffering, taking a stand for her fellow outcasts and instantly forgiving her best friend for not speaking up for her against the popular kids. This is almost entirely an InformedAbility and has little bearing on the plot, as it is only seen during her would-be boyfriend's chapter-long monologues about how wonderful and amazing she really is beneath her ugly exterior.
** The girl who gets kidnapped and raped by a creep who deludes himself into believing [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty they were meant for each other and they'll be together forever,]] and eventually escapes with nothing but her wits, a metal bucket and some rusty nails.
* ''Literature/StrawberryPanic'' has so many YuriGenre cliches, both in the plot and the characters and their relationships, that it might as well be renamed ''How To Write A Stereotypical Yuri Series: The Light Novel''.
* ''Literature/RamaII'' and the ''Literature/RendezvousWithRama'' series contains many improbable and kind of laughable events. A robot genius is on a team of cosmonauts, where he is taciturn (yet perfectly likeable when it comes down to it), and eccentric. He [[SmartPeopleBuildRobots builds robots]]. The other cosmonauts are fine with this habit, like it in fact, and [[SmartPeoplePlayChess play chess]]. The female narrator is a [[MotherNatureFatherScience life science officer and mystic]], and her [[TwoGirlsToATeam complete opposite]] is also present, a materialistic and selfish and pragmatic reporter who [[spoiler: nearly kills Nicole and killed another member of the team]]. There is a gay cosmonaut, and he was 1) involved in politics in school, and 2) had to hide his orientation in order to join the crew. The half black character faces racism from her (Prince of France) husband, and random people, as does Reggie. The lone inventor also has AbusiveParents. In the future, when humans are taken aboard a spaceship, they prove to be their own worst enemies, recreating 70s and 80s 00politics within five seconds of landing on Rama 3. The cosmonaut Nicole who has African heritage knew and was a shaman,and saves herself using her mystical side (which her husband has no access to, being a logical engineer). The family, isolated on the ship, becomes incestuous. Then the husband is kidnapped by aliens, which changes his personality. In the future there will be space HIV, also, and the aliens are biological cliches, in that there is a symbiotic species and one species which is intelligent and like a cephalopod.
* The ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series. Everything from a common man of [[LukeIAmYourFather mysterious lineage]], to a [[TheMentor wise old wizard]] with robes and white hair, to a character that was [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings turned into a small, fanatical creature when deprived of the artifact that was precious to him]].
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'': Here, the "cliché storm" is almost literal: a metaphysical force called The Tradition which gathers around significant events and people, directing magical energy to flow in [[{{Archetype}} archetypal]] directions and following certain tropes that have been set down through folklore and that consequently reinforce themselves by inspiring even ''more'' folklore! Characters throughout the series find themselves guided by, opposed by, and sometimes rebelling against The Tradition--a witty metaphor for the writing process itself.
* ''Literature/SirAproposOfNothing'' gets humor from playing with many knight errant medieval story cliches. The cahracters themseves live up to them fully, from the perfect hero (who lives for heroism) to the protagonist, who is such a dadbeat he was born with teeth, from a rape, in a barn, his mother was a prostitute, he lost his money to a scheme from his first lover, worked in a tavern (where his mother was the prostitute), frequented by unruly knights, had a bum leg, red hair, and true to form once he realised he possessed all loser characteristics disqualifying him from herodom, doesn't care for any one or thing heroic without irony, despite his following the hero around for the time before he became a hero himself. Then other characters, like princess Entipy, are unlike their roles suggest, her being annoying, useless, and prone to tantrums, instead of wholesome, kind, useful or gentle. They even find and try to burn a witch, who gets the better of her attackers by being genre savvy and them not.
* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': Awkward, clumsy girl moves to new school and is instantly adored by all. She falls in love with the hottest guy in school, who falls for her in turn. Girl is so in love that she will do anything for her true love. And that's just the beginning.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' is a long running book series, so some entries in the franchise end up as these.
** The Original Series is a pretty standard example of the hero's journey. Mentor discovers chosen one, teaches them, then dies. Chosen one becomes king and defeats the great evil that threatens the world after uniting the warring factions. It also fits several {{xenofiction}} cliches, such as an [[CatStereotype orange cat]] [[APetIntoTheWild running away]] from his owners because he's bored of being a pet.
** The fourth and final installment of the [[Literature/WarriorCatsPrequelSuperEditions Prequel Super Editions]], ''Tallstar's Revenge''. The concept: Back when one of the most peaceful leaders in the history of the Clans was a young warrior, he left his Clan to seek revenge for the death of his father. The author also mentioned that he had a touching bromance. If you've been reading TV Tropes for any amount of time, you can probably guess exactly what happens, because you've seen it all before. [[spoiler:Tallstar leaves his Clan and is rescued by a friendly tom named Jake that helps him on his quest. They bond over their journey, and Jake eventually becomes like a conscience to him, telling him that vengeance is not the answer. Then Tallstar finds out the ''real'' reason his father died, and understands that friendship, not revenge is what he truly seeks. And then he returns and proves his loyalty to his Clan.]] [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This is not a bad thing.]]
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* Every single Mexican and Brazilian soap opera (and most Korean ones that is over 40 episodes long) is this in spades. You always have the poor girl, who gets beloved with the rich guy, who also falls in love but has a scheduled marriage with another woman (which usually is only interested in his money only), the CorruptCorporateExecutive who is the good guy's rival and wants to get his fortune (and sometimes teams up with the evil woman to do so) and so on and so on.



* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' has an episode in which Rory is moving into her college dorm and another student has lost a bet against his girlfriend and must only speak in cliches. Naturally, a cliché storm follows.



* ''Series/EmilyInParis'': The series has been criticized by reviewers (especially the French) for being this, and not in a good way. Basically, they feel it's portraying every French stereotype including the FrenchJerk stereotype, and pretty negatively too.
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' has an episode in which Rory is moving into her college dorm and another student has lost a bet against his girlfriend and must only speak in cliches. Naturally, a cliché storm follows.



* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'' is a crime show that hits all the typical crime show clichés. Laura is a divorced single mother of BrattyHalfPint twins who are out of control and constantly getting into trouble. [[WorkingWithTheEx Her boss is her ex-husband]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with whom she has large amounts of UST]]. She's a [[DeadpanSnarker wise-cracking]], [[IronLady tough as nails]] woman [[HiddenHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]] who [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything does everything]] despite the presence of other detectives who would be expected to help out. She regularly [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight breaks rules in the course of an investigation, up to and including doing illegal searches and breaking the chain of custody for evidence (and not collecting evidence properly) in a way that would almost certainly get the evidence thrown out of court in any other show.]] The show plays this completely straight.



* ''Series/RebootTheGuardianCode'' hits this hard. While [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} the original series]] would often affectionately parody various cliches about video games and cartoons, this one plays it straight. The heroes are ordinary high school students who find that the video game they like playing together was really meant to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to stop a GenericDoomsDayVillain who doesn't do anything but menacingly spout threats about his EvilPlan.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Lampshaded in series XI when a bunch of evil simuloids use TimeTravel to [[ConquerorFromTheFuture conquer the Earth's past]], and Lister calls them horribly cliché. This continues later in the episode (paraphrased):
-->'''Simuloid:''' Well, well, WeMeetAgain!\\
'''Lister:''' Smeggin' hell, you boys really are walking cartoons, aren't you?\\
'''Simuloid:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark I think we are not so different, you and I]].



* Every single Mexican and Brazilian soap opera (and most Korean ones that is over 40 episodes long) is this in spades. You always have the poor girl, who gets beloved with the rich guy, who also falls in love but has a scheduled marriage with another woman (which usually is only interested in his money only), the CorruptCorporateExecutive who is the good guy's rival and wants to get his fortune (and sometimes teams up with the evil woman to do so) and so on and so on.
* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'' is a crime show that hits all the typical crime show clichés. Laura is a divorced single mother of BrattyHalfPint twins who are out of control and constantly getting into trouble. [[WorkingWithTheEx Her boss is her ex-husband]] [[UnresolvedSexualTension with whom she has large amounts of UST]]. She's a [[DeadpanSnarker wise-cracking]], [[IronLady tough as nails]] woman [[HiddenHeartOfGold with a heart of gold]] who [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything does everything]] despite the presence of other detectives who would be expected to help out. She regularly [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight breaks rules in the course of an investigation, up to and including doing illegal searches and breaking the chain of custody for evidence (and not collecting evidence properly) in a way that would almost certainly get the evidence thrown out of court in any other show.]] The show plays this completely straight.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Lampshaded in series XI when a bunch of evil simuloids use TimeTravel to [[ConquerorFromTheFuture conquer the Earth's past]], and Lister calls them horribly cliché. This continues later in the episode (paraphrased):
-->'''Simuloid:''' Well, well, WeMeetAgain!\\
'''Lister:''' Smeggin' hell, you boys really are walking cartoons, aren't you?\\
'''Simuloid:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark I think we are not so different, you and I]].
* ''Series/RebootTheGuardianCode'' hits this hard. While [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} the original series]] would often affectionately parody various cliches about video games and cartoons, this one plays it straight. The heroes are ordinary high school students who find that the video game they like playing together was really meant to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude to stop a GenericDoomsDayVillain who doesn't do anything but menacingly spout threats about his EvilPlan.
* ''Series/EmilyInParis'': The series has been criticized by reviewers (especially the French) for being this, and not in a good way. Basically, they feel it's portraying every French stereotype including the FrenchJerk stereotype, and pretty negatively too.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': [[invoked]] Bolt and Mittens trade off a string of hackneyed sayings in-universe at the end of "The Kippies." This descends from the cat's lampshading herself as a [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis midlife crisis cliché]].

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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': [[invoked]] Bolt and Mittens trade off a string of hackneyed sayings in-universe InUniverse at the end of "The Kippies." This descends from the cat's lampshading herself as a [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis midlife crisis cliché]].
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* A common criticism of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' is that you're not likely to find much in terms of "original" ideas for plots or characters; you could call it "[[JustForPun Cliché Storm Hawks]]" and no one would argue. However, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools many will also say that's one of the show's strengths]] as it plays its cliches [[RuleOfCool to the hilt]] [[RuleOfFun and just has fun with them]].

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* A common criticism of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' is that you're not likely to find much in terms of "original" ideas for plots or characters; you could call it "[[JustForPun "[[{{Pun}} Cliché Storm Hawks]]" and no one would argue. However, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools many will also say that's one of the show's strengths]] as it plays its cliches [[RuleOfCool to the hilt]] [[RuleOfFun and just has fun with them]].

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