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"Cliche Time"

This is always fun.
GIve me examples of movie cliches, I'll start.

Prison Movies:

Sadistic Warden
Bullying head gaurd
Rape of newcomer
Passing things between cells in a sock
Old lag that can get anything you want
Old lag that keeps an animal of sorts
Brash new arrival that thinks he's the man

If you are operating an elite fighting force, ask if anyone has a former dead brother that they feel vengeful for, as they are sure to charge off and get captured to be used as bait.

LOL

It is also important for Mafia gangs to check up on your lackeys.
Anyone that looks like Johnny Depp or Al Pacino is a cop.

Also check medical records. As if no members have a history of bad deeds, one will have psychological problems, causing them to lose it at a critical moment.

Note to good guy gang leaders:

Check your gang members CVs thoroughly. As you always tend to end up with one with a history of being evil, and probably connected to current main bad guy.

You crippled my brother in a karate tournament. I must train with a wizened master who will impart shoddy knowledge to me as I stand under waterfalls and do the splits and stuff.

"Hello vengeful brother, please let this go, it's not worth the hassle"
"But how can you say this crippled brother? You are crippled and I must avenge you"
"We could always press a civil action suit and I could make like a bandit with the settlement against the tournament organisers?"
"..hmm, maybe, but I would rather fight on your behalf and leave you little or no medical coverage for the rest of your life"
"Ok, thanks. Kick his butt!"

Lots more training.

"Crippled brother! They have murdered my pet as a warning to you!"
"Ok, you must defeat the number one villain karate bloke, but only after almost losing and seeing me in a hazy flashback sequence mid-fight"
"I will do this"

He does.

He wins.

English and East Europeans keep visiting the USA, despite knowing they will end up evil, and thrown off a building.

And if it's a John Woo film, doves will fly past. Even if the fight is down a well, or on the moon.

"You are the villain, now we must have a fight"
"Ok, let's make it last for 3 minutes"
"Alright then"

They fight for 3 minutes, massive punches do no damage at all, despite the fact most fights last a few seconds and end up with t-shirts grabbed and wild swinging blows that miss by a mile

"Ha, stupid hero, I have you in a stranglehold"
"Yes,I am sure to pass out now...if I could just reach that heavy thing over there"

Hero does get heavy thing and knocks villain out
"Villain, you are defeated, but this fight was not climactic enough. As I walk away without cuffing you, you must stand up and produce a gun from nowhere"
"I will do this"
"And I will wait for my partner to shoot you after you both tussle to the floor and I am unsure as to who has been shot for a while"

They do this.

Bad guy's dead!

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Bad guy's alive!

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Bad guy's dead!

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Bad guy's alive!

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Bad guy's dead!

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No really, it's the end credits, and everything.

Car Chase Sequence:

Cars will plough through a nearby fruit and veg stall (who really shouldn't be selling fruit at the side of a busy road), spreading melons and other squashy fruit all over the road, but never hitting pedestrians or civilians, which would therefore make them lose their badge and question their 'renegade' police methods - they killed an innocent civilian at a fruit and veg stall, how can they live with themselves?

This never happens.