# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/121 "2008-11-13T18:32:41Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > The very BEST supervillians will never… seem to be sexually active. A child who has not spoken since a traumatic incident left him speechless 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 13, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/122 "2008-11-13T19:06:43Z")
have a miraculous breakthrough and begin speaking, very clearly and articulately, at a dramatic turning point of the story. Every trucker wears a plaid shirt, a baseball hat and… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/123 "2008-11-13T19:31:12Z")
…is an obnoxious redneck. When drunk, the most likely emotion to be expressed by a male character is \_\_\_\_\_, and a female character is \_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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 13, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/124 "2008-11-13T21:03:22Z")
When drunk, the most likely emotion to be expressed by a male character is unexpected vulnerability, and a female character is lust. If the top two villians are brother and sister than they are… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/125 "2008-11-13T21:08:47Z")
…incestuous…or twins…or both. The little known 11th Commandment reads, “Thou shalt not make a film that includes a scene of a Sunday church service without someone (usually, but not always a child) \_\_\_\_\_\_.” ---
**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 13, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/126 "2008-11-13T21:15:01Z")
finding Jesus. If a white person goes to a Black Baptist church, they will always… ---
**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 13, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/127 "2008-11-13T21:42:50Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > finding Jesus. > > If a white person goes to a Black Baptist church, they will always… …be playing the straight man, surprised by the emotion and energy and never going along with it. Once our low-level hero has gone through some tutoring through the wise master, he (feel free to apply this to the LLhero, or the wise master, or both) will… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/128 "2008-11-13T22:43:14Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > …be playing the straight man, surprised by the emotion and energy and never going along with it. > > Once our low-level hero has gone through some tutoring through the wise master, he (feel free to apply this to the LLhero, or the wise master, or both) will… …ultimately win the fight by ignoring his training and going with what he knew before. Things I know about the patrons and employees of saloons in the Old West include… ---
**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 13, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/129 "2008-11-13T22:44:01Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > …be playing the straight man, surprised by the emotion and energy and never going along with it. > > Once our low-level hero has gone through some tutoring through the wise master, he (feel free to apply this to the LLhero, or the wise master, or both) will… avenge the death of his wise master at the hands of another, traitorous pupil, one who seemed to be more capable at all the skills the wise master taught than the hero. Characters A & B are extremely close (best friends/lovers/married, etc.) Character A will unwittingly do something that will have dire ramifications for Character B. Character A will then run into B, who is as yet unaware of what has occured. Naturally, A will want to confess everything, but… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/130 "2008-11-13T22:47:58Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > avenge the death of his wise master at the hands of another, traitorous pupil, one who seemed to be more capable at all the skills the wise master taught than the hero. > > Characters A & B are extremely close (best friends/lovers/married, etc.) Character A will unwittingly do something that will have dire ramifications for Character B. Character A will then run into B, who is as yet unaware of what has occured. Naturally, A will want to confess everything, but… …instead finds out A wasn’t such a great friend/true lover/good spouse after all but more of an evil secret enemy sort. Things I know about the patrons and employees of saloons in the Old West include… ---
**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 13, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/131 "2008-11-13T22:55:25Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Things I know about the patrons and employees of saloons in the Old West include… The bartender will duck behind the bar at the first sign of trouble, and never ever enforce order in his saloon, even if hundreds of (19th century) dollars worth of damage is being done. The chances of finishing a card game without someone drawing a gun are 50/50 at best. The piano player is invulnerable to harm other than occasionally having an irate patron order him at gunpoint to either play or stop playing. And there’s always at least one old drunk hanging about cajing drinks from whoever he can. If any character in a western expresses any pacifist sentiment… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/132 "2008-11-13T22:56:45Z")
…that the only thing served is whiskey, that the bartender pours you the first shot then leaves the bottle, and no one seems inclined to count how many shots were consumed when it comes time to pay. You just slap a couple of coins on the bar, and walk back out through the swinging doors. When glitter or confetti ever falls from above, the characters’ hair is miraculously… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/133 "2008-11-13T22:58:02Z")
Bah! If any character in a western expresses any pacifist sentiment… …they’re “chicken”. When glitter or confetti ever falls from above, the characters’ hair is miraculously… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/134 "2008-11-13T23:24:57Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Bah! > > If any character in a western expresses any pacifist sentiment… > > …they’re “chicken”. > > When glitter or confetti ever falls from above, the characters’ hair is miraculously… …free of glitter or confetti two seconds later. The Laws of Physics do not extend to automotibiles/trucks when… ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/135 "2008-11-14T01:25:36Z")
involved in a high speed chase. The hero’s gun never…(1)…or…(2)…or…(3)…except when…(4)… ---
**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 14, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/136 "2008-11-14T01:55:17Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > involved in a high speed chase. > > The hero’s gun never…(1)…or…(2)…or…(3)…except when…(4)… breaks, jams, needs reloading, plot relevant. In what ways are the Stormtroopers fundamentally flawed? (2 answers required) ---
**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 14, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/137 "2008-11-14T02:01:49Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > In what ways are the Stormtroopers fundamentally flawed? (2 answers required) Their armor appears incapable of stopping a standard hand blaster, and you can’t see a damn thing in those helmets. A previously unexplored planet will turn out to… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/138 "2008-11-14T02:35:43Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > A previously unexplored planet will turn out to… 1)Have a breathable atmosphere, and 2)Be Earth in the future or some alternate universe. In the beginning of Hitchcock movies, you will probably see… ---
**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 14, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/139 "2008-11-14T03:27:18Z")
a rotund man who seems vaguely familiar. When a tough-as-nails hero is standing on a floor covered with a flammable liquid, he must… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988/140 "2008-11-14T03:32:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > a rotund man who seems vaguely familiar. > > When a tough-as-nails hero is standing on a floor covered with a flammable liquid, he must… …light a cigarette. Speaking of cigarette’s, when pot is (allegedly) smoked on screen, the inhalant always… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988.md?page=8)