# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/21 "2008-11-10T16:20:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > he was a former gang member himself. > > When the red phone rings in the Oval Office, the President always… …happens to be sitting at the desk ready to receive the call, but will never pick up a handset. He (always he) will always press a button to put the call on speakerphone or nod to a lackey to do so. When a woman between the ages of 14-48 vomits… ---
**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 10, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/22 "2008-11-10T16:29:19Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > When a woman between the ages of 14-48 vomits… she always manages to hit someone else. When a very young child says something loudly in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/23 "2008-11-10T16:43:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > she always manages to hit someone else. > > When a very young child says something loudly in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner… …there is an awkward silence and then the crumudegeonly old patriarch of the family starts laughing. The refrigerator always… ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/24 "2008-11-10T16:47:58Z")
Late ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/25 "2008-11-10T16:49:12Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > The refrigerator always… withstands nuclear explosions. When someone sees their SO talking with an attractive member of the opposite sex… ---
**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 10, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/26 "2008-11-10T16:52:40Z")
…conceals someone who appears behind the open door and scares the crap out of you when the door is closed. Whenever someone is shown coughing, they will… ---
**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 10, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/27 "2008-11-10T16:59:57Z")
_When someone sees their SO talking with an attractive member of the opposite sex… conceals someone who appears behind the open door and scares the crap out of you when the door is closed._ Heh. Nice. Whenever someone is shown coughing, they will… be dead within half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/28 "2008-11-10T17:14:10Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > withstands nuclear explosions. > > When someone sees their SO talking with an attractive member of the opposite sex… _since this is the latest unanswered one, I’ll take it from here_ …and accuse the SO of two-timing, it turns out that the person in question is his brother or sister. In a contemporary war movie, what three things would happen to any one who dares to mention his family or shows a photograph of his young daughter “who is waiting back home” for him? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/29 "2008-11-10T17:52:13Z")
1. The photo will blow out of his hands and down the line, signaling . . . 2. that the little girl is home on her knees at her bedside saying a prayer for Daddy, who right at this minute . . . 3. is being blown out of his boots. R.I.P. Oh. And a a woman between the ages of 14-48 who vomits is clearly pregnant. Duh. If you’re running away from the bad guy and arrive at an elevator, how long will you have to wait for the elevator? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/30 "2008-11-10T18:08:19Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > If you’re running away from the bad guy and arrive at an elevator, how long will you have to wait for the elevator? Anywhere from 0 seconds (if the other bad guy is in the elevator) to .2 seconds before the bad guy rounds the corner to the elevator bay. You are, of course, required by law to punch the button repeatedly, muttering, “Come on…come on!” under your breath. A young woman who is estranged from her mother will soon discover… ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/31 "2008-11-10T19:03:23Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Anywhere from 0 seconds (if the other bad guy is in the elevator) to .2 seconds before the bad guy rounds the corner to the elevator bay. You are, of course, required by law to punch the button repeatedly, muttering, “Come on…come on!” under your breath. > > A young woman who is estranged from her mother will soon discover… That her mother is dying. And I can’t think of another cliche, so someone else take this one… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/32 "2008-11-10T19:11:20Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Anywhere from 0 seconds (if the other bad guy is in the elevator) to .2 seconds before the bad guy rounds the corner to the elevator bay. You are, of course, required by law to punch the button repeatedly, muttering, “Come on…come on!” under your breath. So true! Not to mention that if the bad guy does by chance make it to the elevator it will be by extending his arm between the closing doors when they are \< 5" apart, never when the doors are fully wide open. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/33 "2008-11-10T19:13:16Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > That her mother is dying. > > And I can’t think of another cliche, so someone else take this one… A woman just out of the shower always manages to… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/34 "2008-11-10T19:15:47Z")
If the protagonist is going to take a public transit bus … (list up to 5) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/35 "2008-11-10T19:24:12Z")
…he will commandeer the bus for his chase/escape purposes, regardless of his lack of authority or how many passengers are already on it. …he will never pay the fare. Giant monsters are never hurt by bullets or conventional weapons fire, but they always… ---
**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 10, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/36 "2008-11-10T19:32:28Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > A woman just out of the shower always manages to… grab a towel and hold it around her in an enticing, will-it-slip? manner. Giant monsters are never hurt by bullets or conventional weapons fire, but they always… ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/37 "2008-11-10T19:35:11Z")
…but they always have a fatal weakness which their Alien Overlords never thought of, like being allergic to water. If someone dreamed that their friends and her are all going to die… ---
**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 10, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/38 "2008-11-10T19:40:04Z")
> [@CrazyChop](#): > > …If someone dreamed that their friends and her are all going to die… …they will, no matter how hard she tries to convince them that they’re in grave danger. When a tough cop is reading someone his Miranda rights… ---
**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 10, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/39 "2008-11-10T19:46:31Z")
> [@CrazyChop](#): > > If someone dreamed that their friends and her are all going to die… …then the same music that was in the background of the dream sequence will be playing when the group is actually in danger, letting the audience know This Is When Bad Things Are Going To Happen. Our Hero is on his way to an important meeting in a large American city. He’s driving his car and he’s late. But just when he gets to the building where the meeting is to be held… ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/40 "2008-11-10T19:48:19Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > When a tough cop is reading someone his Miranda rights… …the framed hero will be desperately trying to convey something to him, to no avail. Put the following in order of death in a horror movie, from first to last. Celibate girl who wears flattering but practical clothing The practical joker The sullen, hesitant leader The couple having sex in their car The one black guy The attractive, masculine hero who loves Celibate Girl more than anything The timid, quiet ten year-old girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988.md?page=3)