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What's your pet peeve when it comes to tropes? What bothers you when you see it in a show or a movie? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee
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I'll go first. Mine is the instant knockout drug. Like Dexter's intramuscular injection that causes someone to immediately lose consciousness. Or in the movie Split where there's the aerosol spray in your face that makes you instantly unconscious. Or pretty much any time someone uses chloroform.

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[–] 64 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hearing the exact wrong part of the conversation, and then making a horrific assumption and spinning off into zany misunderstandings instead of, just, "Hey, what did I just hear?"

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    “Wait! I can explain. Just hear me out!”

    “Never!”

    *runs out of the room and then actively hides from the character until it’s convenient for the plot that they finally listen

    Such stupid writing

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