Oh, a couple more I thought of today.
The bestest friend in the world that has a crisis but has never been mentioned before that episode and is never mentioned again.
The instant addiction. That chick from saved by the bell with the caffiene pills, Dorothy on Golden Girls with gambling and smoking and so on.
Virtually anytime a character smokes it’s shown as a huge crisis. That ticks me off. (see Chandler on Friends for an example)
That would be inexcusable except that it actually happens in real life.
Law and Order routinely guns down people on the courthouse steps. It’s a wonder anybody in Manhattan will go anywhere near the place.
Evil Corporations.
I don’t mean that there isn’t genuine corporate crime, but face it- Fortune 500 CEOs do not have loaded guns in their desk drawers!!!
And in virtually any sci-fi/horror movie where there are giant monsters running around killing people, you can bet that some evil corporation has created them. and is trying to stymie the heroes and keep the monsters alive because… er… um…
Okay, I’m stumped. I can’t think of a single good reason a Fortune 500 company would want to create an army of velociraptors or flesh-eating zombies. Where, exactly, is the perceived market for that kind of thing?
The Casino/Gambling Cliches - two different scenarios:
1 - Group/family goes to a casino, one person is always totally against gambling and lecturing everyone on its evils, but eventually gets nagged by his/her friends into giving it a try and ends up completely addicted.
2 -
A: “I’m winning! I’m winning! I’m winning! I’m winning! I’m still winning holy crap yay I’m rich!”
B: “That’s great! Let’s walk away now while we’re ahead!”
A: “No! I’m on a roll! Let’s bet it all on black!”
B: “Bad idea!”
A: “Whatever, I’ll do what I want!”
*** 30 seconds later ***
A: “WAH I’M POOR NOW!”
Ugh reminded me of a victim killing the recently captured bad guy that has information vital to an investigation or something.
I’ve seen that one too many times as well.
It’s never lupus… :smack:
Typically it tends to be an Experiment Gone Wrong aimed at something like bioweapons.
This is also excusable because it too happens in real life.
Ah, you mean SlapSlapKiss.
(yes, I’m an evil man bent on driving your productivity down the drain by giving that link. Aaaall according to plan)
And All Evil corporations have immediate acess to mercenaries in black vans able to ride out at a moments notice with the latest weaponry, without regard to possible public relations problems. Said evil corporations always have helicopter gunships that can fly anywhere in the city and escape the notice of the FAA.
I totally agree! I mention this every time we have a thread like this. Usually there is a certain poster who comes in to mention that he has had this happen in real life. I’m not doubting him, but I find it unlikely that it happens often.
Yeah, but I’m saying that even IF everything went RIGHT, where’s the perceived market for an army of velociraptors?
I could believe General Dynamics is guilty of all kinds of offenses (overcharging, cutting corners, whatever). But the idea that they have a secret underground “bioweapons” lab where they’re creating monsters… well, even Noam CHomsky would probably roll his eyes.
Who the hell would they SELL those zombies and raptors to?
The Very Special Episode that revolves around the “best friend” who has never been seen before and will in all likelihood never be seen again (especially when the VSE involved the death of the never seen before best friend).
Bad Guy has Good Guy at gunpoint. GG is totally defenseless. If BG pulls the trigger, he has won. His evil plan will be successful.
Does BG shoot? Of course not! He decides instead to tie GG up and leave the building, allowing GG to escape and ultimately triumph.
Dangerous, sure. But lethal? I still don’t believe it. Mythbusters haven’t done it yet?
Worse yet, he decides to give the GG his entire plot for world domination, often starting with the day he was born, until the GG either finds a way to disarm him or is rescued by someone else.
The wildly improbably computer program that everybody in the audience knows is total bullshit. Opening up a black window with a blinking cursor allows you to type in a text command and search the sum total of human knowledge because it’s all on the innernet, innit?
Can we include pron movies? If so, then I nominate the delivery person/plumber/tradesman who stops in to do his job and ends up having wild sex with the hot woman of the house.
:: RAISES HAND ::
I mean, I love my monkey butlers and their jungle stories as much as anyone, but c’mon … a personal velociraptor!!!
Who WOULDN’T want one?