15+ Movie And Television Tropes That Redditors Think Ruin The Plot

Movie and TV show choices are almost limitless. Although most of them are great and refreshing, they often rely on standard tropes repeatedly.

Avid watchers and movie critics are usually desensitized to these tropes and can sometimes see them coming before they even happen. Even as a regular audience member, it's not hard to recognize bad tropes from good ones.

Movies that you often snooze through might be those filled with tropes that become detrimental because they attempt to disguise mediocre writing. What's worse is that sometimes they involve A-list celebrities in these poorly written movies just to keep people watching.

Filmmakers and writers aren't discouraged from using common tropes but are encouraged to find good reasons for taking that route, such as characters not being able to communicate properly or introducing surprise witnesses in the middle of trials.

In a Reddit post, this topic was discussed after a Redditor asked what movie or television trope they disliked the most. The comments continued, and you can clearly see some tropes that are still heavily used in the industry.

This may be why, when writers try to go against these tropes, people find it refreshing and pay closer attention instead of letting it play in the background.

This is the Reddit post that started the discussion

Gosenco

Or they could explain while they're running toward where they need to be

ShelbaBarbera

There are many ways to show how strong women are and make them more relatable

svenson_26

There are other symptoms, and this is often an obvious spoiler

ehsteve23

If it were real life, that would be a fight waiting to happen

zarina541

"We don't have any more ideas for this one, so here's a bloody handkerchief out of nowhere"

dramallamamil

A little tip for those who plan on writing something about legal cases

Hq3473

It's trauma, not a conditional passage for strong women to endure

Lilac77777

There are many tropes that would work very differently if you switched them with women

D-Money100

Couldn't hold it back for a while, could you?

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If this keeps happening, the tension that should be for the show's plot would be diverted to doubts about the character's safety

NotAnderRivverwind1

Like there's always one. Completely unrelatable

tommytster

Then they only pass out when everything's over

Scrappy_Larue

It's like the trope where they tease someone because another person is picking on them, thinking they only do that because they like the bullied one

[deleted]

And they only take a bite of that apple before it disappears

EpicBlinkstrike187

End of comment

EpicBlinkstrike187

This problem exists in real life, and it's actually serious

IStanCatwoman

Neurodivergent people can be represented better and with more variety

TheShredder315

Like it's already *gasp* pre-recorded for them

LoveAndDynamite

Love is a big deal, and...

CatLady-CatsPending-

just inserting it without any meaningful progress dilutes its significance for the characters

CatLady-CatsPending-

They could've gotten straight to the point

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With all the streaming platforms available these days, filmmakers try to push out projects that the market will immediately embrace. They sometimes overlook the elements that would make a project stand out or be more relatable.

If you were asked what the most annoying trope is that you dislike so much it ruins what you're watching, what would it be? You can share your answer in the comments.