movie tropes that will never get old to me:
a thing happens + two people exchanging money in the back
fourth wall breaking
āgive up all your weaponsā and that one guy that spends the entire evening taking his weights worth out his pockets
*a terribly loud crash* meowing/ car sirens heard offscreen
alternatively: a terribly loud crash and one of the characters going āoopsā in the most casual voice
āfuck youā āwell if you insistā
#alternatively alternatively: *terribly loud crash w/ sirens and cat screeching*#person: *off camera* āIāM OKAYāĀ (via @zenlida)
character being allĀ āyou expect me to do X?ā Gilligan Cut to character doing X
the squad gets captured and interrogated separately, and theyāre all telling equally terrible, completely contradictory lies
people completely missing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them
alternatively, people absolutely seeing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them and just not giving a shit
bonus points if itās a beleaguered minimum wage employee who just goes about their business likeĀ āyep same shit as alwaysā
someone pretending they donāt know another character is eavesdropping, only to casually reveal at the end of the scene that they know (*leaving*Ā ātell tom that he can come out nowā *tom drops from the ceiling in spy gear, irritated*)
choosing to deal with the villain by just leaving them alone in a room with another character
theĀ āhands go downā trope
example:Ā āany questions?ā *everyoneās hands go up*Ā āā¦that ARENāT sarcastic?ā *everyoneās hands go down*
how could all y'all forget āACT NATURAL!ā
These are all great but letās not forget two characters giving extremely biased flashbacks to the same event that each paint the other as an incompetent loon
i would like to respectfully add: scenes where a character walks into a room, sees something scary, and turns around and walks out with no reaction or change of expression
Bonus points if he DOES react, but itās to close the door and tell his buddyĀ āitās for you.ā
Intentionally getting wrong easy-to-pronounce names (āItās Sean, isnāt it?ā āDude. Itās John.ā)
That one character who is like actively dying but insists theyāve had worse and wants to keep fighting
Knocking down a big group of opponents with a bowling ball sound effect
Convenient book titles (āPlot-Related Thing for Dummiesā)
Characters giving a flashback and voicing all the characters themselves
ALL OF THESE
















