# Finish the Movie Cliche! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988 "2008-11-10T04:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/181 "2008-11-16T23:29:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > If a girl tries to play sports on a male team, first she’ll be laughed at, and then… …scorce the winning play. In a romantic comedy, when he is about to tell her his big secret, her phone rings and it’s… ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/182 "2008-11-17T07:22:49Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > …scorce the winning play. > > In a romantic comedy, when he is about to tell her his big secret, her phone rings and it’s… For him! And he obviously rushes out, without telling her his big secret. But never fear! At the end of the movie he will… ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/183 "2008-11-17T10:43:16Z")
I’ve only made it to page two, so far, but just wanted to let you know…this is my very first foray into The Game Room and this might just be the best thread I’ve ever read. It’s so entertaining, hilarious and…exactly right that I am astounded with pleasure. I look forward to checking out the rest tomorrow. Well done everyone. Oops, sorry for screwing up the flow! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/184 "2008-11-17T14:15:57Z")
> [@DiggitCamara](#): > > For him! And he obviously rushes out, without telling her his big secret. > > But never fear! At the end of the movie he will… realize that she was the one for him all along, and confess his love to the tuneful strumming of a battalion of violins. **Hazle** , glad you’re enjoying the thread! A jaded, world-weary cop on the verge of retirement will always… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/185 "2008-11-17T14:42:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > realize that she was the one for him all along, and confess his love to the tuneful strumming of a battalion of violins. > > **Hazle** , glad you’re enjoying the thread! > > A jaded, world-weary cop on the verge of retirement will always… …find himself drawn into one last case, a personal struggle against a clever clue-dropping serial killer whose murderous spree will shock the cop to his core. In a Steven Spielberg movie, firearms will never… ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/186 "2008-11-17T15:26:09Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > In a Steven Spielberg movie, walkie-talkies will never… Be out of range and the sound coming from them will be always perfectly audible. A fall from any distance, regardless of how big it is, will never… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/187 "2008-11-17T15:38:13Z")
kill either a cat or a hero. No matter how many people learn a superhero’s secret identity… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/188 "2008-11-17T15:57:49Z")
no one will reveal it to the press, or try to blackmail the super-hero (which is what I would do. Take that, Clark Kent). When the lovely FBI agent goes to interview the imprisoned serial killer… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/189 "2008-11-17T17:25:29Z")
he gets more into her head than she gets into his, and the balance of power in their uneasy relationship inevitably moves toward him. Any hero who’s been hitting the booze 'way too hard will, if attacked,… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/190 "2008-11-17T18:40:54Z")
…blink twice, look from side to side, and arise to a rousing sobriety whereupon he will fight off the attacker like Neo slapping Agent Smith away. When our hero is walking through the foggy forest of bare and craggy trees, he hears the sudden snap of a twig and turns around to find… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/191 "2008-11-17T18:51:56Z")
…his comic-relief sidekick. Horses communicate an affirmative by… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/192 "2008-11-17T18:52:01Z")
it was only a playful raccoon! \*This time. \* Psych! When a little old lady goes to the mailbox, takes out an envelope, opens it, presses her hand to her heart and looks heavenward, the envelope will be found to have contained . . . ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/193 "2008-11-17T19:24:22Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > …When a little old lady goes to the mailbox, takes out an envelope, opens it, presses her hand to her heart and looks heavenward, the envelope will be found to have contained . . . an unlooked-for letter or token from her long-dead lost love. Horses communicate an affirmative by… ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/194 "2008-11-17T19:51:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > an unlooked-for letter or token from her long-dead lost love. > > Horses communicate an affirmative by… Whinnying, rearing their heads up high, then clomping one frontal hoof into the dirt twice. In that order. In any haunted house movie, the supernatural presence is first detected by what family member? And what is their initial reaction toward it? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/195 "2008-11-17T19:56:52Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > In any haunted house movie, the supernatural presence is first detected by what family member? And what is their initial reaction toward it? It’s the youngest child who detects it first. Ideally, the child is a girl. Her first reaction is that these are new friends come to play with her. In any Kung Fu action movie, when Our Hero is faced with a dozen kung fu masters anxious to fight him… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/196 "2008-11-17T20:02:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > It’s the youngest child who detects it first. Ideally, the child is a girl. Her first reaction is that these are new friends come to play with her. > > In any Kung Fu action movie, when Our Hero is faced with a dozen kung fu masters anxious to fight him… …the hero must dramatically remove his shirt for optimal fight effectiveness, then defeat his opponents as they approach him, one at a time. The bystander who sees the superhero change into costume / superhero form is always \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ because \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/197 "2008-11-17T21:20:28Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > The bystander who sees the superhero change into costume / superhero form is always \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ because \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A small child, because no adult will believe him or her when she claims to have seen it. The grizzled film noir detective is out on the streets, wearing a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/198 "2008-11-17T21:37:13Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > A small child, because no adult will believe him or her when she claims to have seen it. > > The grizzled film noir detective is out on the streets, wearing a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. trenchcoat and fedora. When a movie character is depicted at a computer, chatting online… ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/199 "2008-11-17T22:01:19Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > trenchcoat and fedora. > When a movie character is depicted at a computer, chatting online… The words always appear one by one on the screen, without any lag time between messages. The hero has been caught unaware by a gang of thugs sent by the villain, been beaten soundly, and left for dead. He’s discovered and nursed back to health by… ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/200 "2008-11-17T22:43:00Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > The hero has been caught unaware by a gang of thugs sent by the villain, been beaten soundly, and left for dead. He’s discovered and nursed back to health by… The girl who previously walked out on him. When the hero is finally recovered and ready to face the bad guys again, this time he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988.md?page=11)