Inspired by the success of the film cliche thread of course.
We’ll get the ball rolling with a very easy one:
When the character who has put on a lot of weight in the past few years is dreading a reunion with an old friend who remembers him/her as slim and athletic, he/she goes into a fanatical workout regiment and diet and…
[One of the greatest episodes of AB-FAB was when they put an evil twist on this tired cliche.]
… he/she will attend the reunion, only to discover that that old friend has also put on weight, and is showing his/her age as well. (But is still interested in the main character.)
A sitcom character’s residence is always…
Yep. The twist in AB-FAB for those who haven’t watched it is that the other character that Edina was trying to starve herself into shape for is now blind
The Dad of the family has a high paying job, but…
…seems to work 40 hours per week or less.
Things that will always happen when a lead or regular character becomes pregnant are…
-a bride or groom who almost doesn’t make the wedding
-an inopportune arrival of/revelation from a former lover
-animosity between the parents of the bride and groom
-a lost ring (or some other “prop” essential to the wedding)
-an eccentric minister
When it’s announced that a favorite elderly relative who’s never been mentioned before is coming to visit…
… the other characters will groan in dismay. However, when he shows up and it turns out he is a cranky old man (as expected) one of two things will happen:
*he will make everyone’s life hell.
*he will make those who dreaded his arrival love him by telling embarrasing stories about those who were looking forward to his arrival. Either way, he is no longer that character’s favourite.
An in-law coming to stay just for one night actually stays for…
[Edit]…they’re leaving their spouse and they want to start dating again.
A never before mentioned best friend of one of the sitcom children will appear in a “very special” episode and…
They will come out with an album that nobody really wants to produce or buy, but does so anyway because they’re fans and maybe feel slightly sorry for them.
The longer the series runs, the chances the majority of the characters will have at some point become romantically involved with all other characters of the oppposite sex who aren’t family members…