# What cliched scene do you never ever wanna see in a movie again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301 "2005-09-25T05:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/181 "2005-11-03T00:48:30Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > I know about the “Psycho” thing, and in that movie I didn’t notice the difference.🙂 > > But whether movie maker use Hershey’s or something else, there’s a lot of brown blood in movies. Cite? Seriously…I don’t want to pick on anyone specifically but can we get people to provide atleast 2 or 3 examples? Some of these things I think you would be hard pressed to find 2 examples of let alone enough to make it a cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/182 "2005-11-03T05:06:39Z")
[flashback scene] …and that’s why I vowed never to tapdance again! [near the ‘climax’ of the movie] If you don’t tapdance we’re (all dead)(going to lose the car wash)(going to lose the talent centest to Borington High!). -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/183 "2005-11-03T07:30:39Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > The infamous “Character gets captured, and (usually) put in jail. Character fakes sick and lures one inept guard into cell. Character beats up guard, takes his gun and escapes” cliche. On “Lost”, the three raft sailors are in the pit after being captured. One suggests feigning illness. (Incredulous) “What, you’re going to try the Sick Prisoner?” ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/184 "2005-11-03T07:41:41Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Similarly, “Oh, did I say that out loud?” > > My pet peeve is: > > A: [Finally going to reveal the Secret] I have something to tell you. > B: Oh, great, I have some news too. > A: OK, you go first. > B: Some news that invalidates A’s news. \*\* Now what did you want to tell me? > A: Never mind, it’s not important.\*\* > B: Are you sure? > A: Yep. > B: 'Kay! Ooh, I know, I hate that SO much… “so, the really important thing that you had to tell me was that you wish me good luck? Why, I believe that completely! Thank you!” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/185 "2005-11-03T10:07:23Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > On “Lost”, the three raft sailors are in the pit after being captured. One suggests feigning illness. > > (Incredulous) “What, you’re going to try the Sick Prisoner?” That was quite well skewered in _Shanghai Noon_, with Owen Wilson talking to Jackie Chan, who suggests said gambit: “Does that still work in China? Because it’s getting kinda _old_ around here…” ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/186 "2005-11-05T21:41:15Z")
I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen this one in here… Character gets shot, falls down dead. After bad guy leaves, character gets up, the bullet has been stopped by something in his/her coat/shirt pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/187 "2005-11-06T04:39:36Z")
You see a cat, you hear a meow or hiss. You see a dog, you hear a bark or whine. You see a bird, you hear a chirp or squack. You see an alligator, you hear a gurgle or something. “Hey, there’s some animal on screen, but I can’t tell what it is!” “Meow” “Oh! It’s a cat!” The cat almost never opens its mouth when it meows, either. Hates it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/188 "2005-11-06T05:17:06Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I think you all are nuts for complaining about the phone conversations, restaurant ordering, cab-paying-for, good-parking-space-finding types of things. > > If movies didn’t do that, they’d be BORING AS HELL because we’d have to actually sit there and wait as the person fumbled for their wallet, searched for change, realized they didn’t have it, handed over some bills, specified how much they wanted back, had it counted out, put it back in their wallet, reinserted their walled in their pocket, etc. That’s true, sort of. But here’s the counter-question; why does the audience need to see the Hero get out of his car at ALL? Either right in front of the building, or ten blocks away? How they park their car is not going to advance the story in any movie I’ve ever seen, unless it’s a comical effect like in “Ace Ventura.” Why not cut out the scene of the parked car completely and just cut straight to them arriving at their destination? A lot of these dumbass scenes just should not exist at all. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/189 "2005-11-06T06:47:31Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Simple to fix… > > “Are we there yet?” > > “Yes. Get out.” > > Most effective if said while driving down the freeway. Or, as my father would say, “have I stopped the goddamn car yet?” In movies, here’s something that bugs the shit out of me. Rather than actually describe it without an example, let me include this snippet I heard in a video store recently. In “Bewitched,” (which I will NOT watch), there’s apparently a scene where Will Farrell has a spell cast on him during a read-through for his show. He’s supposed to say, “it’s MY dog, I want him back.” He says, “You shall lick my face, and I shall lick your snout.” Cut to the dog, cocking its head to one side, and making an interrogative “huh?” sound. God, that bugs me…when they make an animal have a human notion like that. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/190 "2005-11-06T09:26:15Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > Character gets shot, falls down dead. After bad guy leaves, character gets up, the bullet has been stopped by something in his/her coat/shirt pocket. “Oh, and Baldrick - clean up this dead butler.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/191 "2005-11-12T11:48:42Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > Alternate alternate: > Character who smokes is trying to quit. At a crucial moment, he will be the only one who has the matches necessary to save the day. Didn’t that happen in **The Fifth Element**? > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **moonstarssun** > > _The second one is using a person’s full name to be emphatic: “Thank you, Firstname Lastname.” It’s just cheesy, and again–who actually does that? (The exception is when someone does it ironically.)_ “Thank you, Encyclopedia Brown!” ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/192 "2005-11-12T12:22:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by feppytweed > Character gets shot, falls down dead. After bad guy leaves, character gets up, the bullet has been stopped by something in his/her coat/shirt pocket. In “A Fistfull of Dollars”, Eastwood wears an iron stove door for a bulletproof vest under his poncho, and there’s no sound as the bullet hits the door. Everyone is stunned to see the door as Eastwood throws back the poncho. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/193 "2005-11-15T17:57:04Z")
was flipping channels last night and came across _Fletch_ which reminded me of this thread: When someone shoots at a car with a shotgun and the only thing that happens is the back window explodes - not a scratch on the car, no damage to any tires, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/194 "2005-11-15T18:12:12Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > Again a tiny, possibly stupid thing…but really obvious and fake sounding names. Like having the bad guy or anti-hero being named “Kane” or some variation of that, or “Jericho” or some slightly Biblical-ish sounding name. Yes, I know Jericho is in the Bible, but if the villain is effective we don’t need his name to be Paul Babyeater, and if he sucks it won’t matter. Although, now I must put in my next story a character named ‘Paul Babyeater’. He may, in fact, just be a mailman with an unfortunate name. 🙂 “It’s pronounced BAB-yeeter!” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/195 "2005-11-15T19:14:44Z")
He lives near John Bigbooty, I’m sure. 🙂 Another one is (and yeah, this is just me I’m sure) the use of snakes to show evil. Poor snakes! I like you! You are not evil, no matter what that slut Eve\* says! \*Not to be confused with the poster **Eve** , as I don’t want to die and/or be ripped to shreds by her infamous razor wit. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/196 "2005-11-18T07:37:41Z")
> [@ArrMatey!](#): > > Although, now I must put in my next story a character named ‘Paul Babyeater’. He may, in fact, just be a mailman with an unfortunate name. 🙂 > > “It’s pronounced BAB-yeeter!” [Family Guy] “They bought _Death Spares Not the Tiger_? He actually named the main character ‘Joe Everyman’.” [/Family Guy] ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/197 "2005-11-18T13:15:14Z")
Beautiful young woman dying in her sleep of a disease that is never truly named. Note that she looks beautiful, but the make-up artists goes for a lighter shade of foundation to make her look sickly. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/198 "2005-11-18T14:09:03Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Oh, also: Every time anyone goes grocery shopping (especially if it’s a single guy) they end up with exactly enough items to fill one paper grocery bag. Most likely there will be a loaf of french bread and/or some celery sticking out of it. Sure, that may happen occasionally, but how often do you buy french bread and celery? Whenever I buy a bagette that sticks out of the top of the shopping bag, I can’t help feeling as if I am about to collide with a handsome stranger and find myself in the midst of some wacky adventure that naturally leads to romance… This hasn’t happened yet. ---
**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 18, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301/199 "2005-11-18T15:15:29Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Family Guy] > “They bought _Death Spares Not the Tiger_? He actually named the main character ‘Joe Everyman’.” > [/Family Guy] heh. Neal Stephenson’s **Snow Crash** features a “Hiro Protagonist.” L. Ron Hubbard’s **Battlefield Earth** stars Jonny Goodboy, which is actually less ridiculous than I would expect from Hubbard; his first choice was probably “Everyman Whitehat McHeroperson”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cliched-scene-do-you-never-ever-wanna-see-in-a-movie-again/323301.md?page=9)