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Post by -Lithium- on Aug 20, 2009 11:12:28 GMT -5
- Alternate universes. Like where a character wishes they were never born, or didnt enter into a relationship with someone.
- Guy has to be in two places at once. Usually a dance.
- Characters find alot of money and fight over what to do with it. Usually end up turning it in, and on the last day before its theirs, the owner comes to claim it.
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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Blames Everything On Snitsky. Yes, Even THAT.
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Post by default on Aug 20, 2009 11:20:42 GMT -5
Family sells house only to buy it back because of the memories.
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Post by Paul Servo on Aug 20, 2009 11:26:14 GMT -5
the odd dream sequence episode
the sporting event episode
the someone is in the hospital in a coma episode
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Aug 20, 2009 11:40:58 GMT -5
Training a totally reluctant character to be as good at something as they once were. Added to this is the complementary flashback to the rival or incident that crushed their once greatness.
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theryno665
Grimlock
wants a title underneath the stars
Kinda Homeless
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Post by theryno665 on Aug 20, 2009 19:16:40 GMT -5
Beloved pet dies/gets killed accidentally and ends up being replaced with a similar looking animal, but the owner is able to tell anyway.
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Post by Paul Servo on Aug 22, 2009 20:53:35 GMT -5
Guy meets a hot girl at a bar and they hit it off to the point where they start making out. He later finds out that she's a pre-op transsexual, then gets kidnapped by the Yakuza.
BRADY BUNCH did that plot best
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Sajoa Moe
Patti Mayonnaise
Did you get that thing I sent ya?
A man without gimmick.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Aug 23, 2009 11:01:12 GMT -5
Dumb guy gets bonked on the head and somehow becomes superintelligent, forsakes his friends, and finds out that he's not happy being smart.
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Methusael86
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Post by Methusael86 on Aug 23, 2009 11:05:01 GMT -5
I remember both The Flintstones and Family Matters did an episode where one "Husband A" buys an expensive gift for his wife, gives it to "Husband B" to hide, only for "Wife B" to find the gift and thinks that "Husband B" got it for her.
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Sajoa Moe
Patti Mayonnaise
Did you get that thing I sent ya?
A man without gimmick.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Aug 23, 2009 11:22:58 GMT -5
I remember both The Flintstones and Family Matters did an episode where one "Husband A" buys an expensive gift for his wife, gives it to "Husband B" to hide, only for "Wife B" to find the gift and thinks that "Husband B" got it for her. There was an episode of the Britcom "'Allo 'Allo!", where something similar to this happened. The main character steals a fortune in gold bars, and writes two notes: one to his mistress, telling her to meet him on the train to Switzerland; and the other to his wife, telling her goodbye. Then he trusts the doddering old piano player to give the right notes to the right people. Naturally, everything goes wrong, and his wife ends up on the train instead.
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PKO
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Post by PKO on Aug 23, 2009 12:03:03 GMT -5
The Christmas episode where it's almost, maybe time to tell the kids Santa isn't real........except, he is real!!!! The adults never wonder exactly who was leaving presents they had never purchased under the tree. Oh god I hate, hate, hate this!!! Come Christmas time about 20 different shows all have this sort of episode playing. Surely this just confuses kids even more? When I was younger half the people I knew were telling me he was real and half were telling me he wasn't. Having TV shows tell me he wasn't (but he was really) would have just blown my little head apart.
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Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
Hearts Bayformers
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Post by Jiren on Aug 23, 2009 12:19:06 GMT -5
Mind/Body swap.
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Post by Cap'n Crud on Aug 23, 2009 12:27:42 GMT -5
The good ol' Lottery ticket plot where the family or main character stands to make a fortune and somebody either lost the ticket or forgot to buy it (usually the dumbass)thus leaving the characters still broke so the writers can keep milking the same shitty formula. If this doesn't work claim it was all a dream. Naturally somebody will spout off some shop worn platitude about how money isn't everything and we're rich as long as we got each other. Remember vierwers are like autistic volcanoes and the slightest change will make them lose their shit.
The good ol' prized posession gets trashed or stolen episode. Which is going to lead into my It's wrong to get ahead rant.
The Romeo and Juliet parody The bard would barf his guts out if he knew how bad his works were being run into the ground here
The 12 Angry Men parody where our hero is the lone objecting juror amidst a sea of sadists and bigots and in grand liberal fashion convinces everybody the token gay, black, muslim, vegetarian from another country is innocent.
The it's wrong to get ahead episode. Character finally gets a promotion and all his or her former friends are jealous or bitter because he or she won't let them f*** around. Remember it's wrong to get ahead and you must be content with whatever crumbs society throws you. Now be a good little communist.
A very Special...Equals a very crappy. Naturally all the players come out at the end to preach a seromon on the evils of smoking, drinking, marijuana, guns, AIDS, racism, pollution, or whatever's the evil du jour. nevermind years later the cute little child star is gonna get herself arrested for smoking marijuana spread eagle in a bar with a bottle of tequila up her ass on her way to a porno shoot.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2009 12:30:49 GMT -5
Some friends/lovers are in a car driving towards a desination far far away, they reach a remote location and UH OH!, the car runs out of fuel. OH NOES!!1!
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan on Aug 23, 2009 12:35:02 GMT -5
The episode where one character finds a family member doing something they shouldn't and they hold it against them by blackmailing them,then another family member finds out and blackmails them in their own way.
Way overdone,even though it was the subject of one of my favorite episodes of Fresh Prince.
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Bobeddy
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Made a Terrible Mistake
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Post by Bobeddy on Aug 23, 2009 12:36:23 GMT -5
the Amnesia episode where someone loses their memory due to a blow to the noggin. Cue the clip show! How about the main character thinking the neighbour/teacher/friend has killed somebody else, tries to find evidence to prove it but then finds out that the victim is alive and just helping the person with some non-sensical project.....normally one that involves red paint or fake limbs
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan on Aug 23, 2009 12:41:15 GMT -5
the Amnesia episode where someone loses their memory due to a blow to the noggin. Cue the clip show! How about the main character thinking the neighbour/teacher/friend has killed somebody else, tries to find evidence to prove it but then finds out that the victim is alive and just helping the person with some non-sensical project.....normally one that involves red paint or fake limbs "Oh,so it appears everything's tied up in a neat little package!"
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Aug 23, 2009 12:59:52 GMT -5
the Amnesia episode where someone loses their memory due to a blow to the noggin. Cue the clip show! How about the main character thinking the neighbour/teacher/friend has killed somebody else, tries to find evidence to prove it but then finds out that the victim is alive and just helping the person with some non-sensical project.....normally one that involves red paint or fake limbs Otto Rocket: "What's in that sack? "Oh no, Tito killed Dad."
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y4j1981
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Post by y4j1981 on Aug 23, 2009 13:13:07 GMT -5
Hate it when in a lot of shows you can have two characters who hate each other and some how they end up hooking up realizing they really like each other (ex: Cheers, That 70s Show, etc)
Also when the whole cast ends up hooking up with each other threw out the series run. Save By The Bell did this alot.
And three, when a dumb character finally realizes he is being stupid and knows he has to change his life, which he does. Only by the next episode he is back to his stupid way. Looking at you Bill from King Of The Hill!
And of course having the sexy lead guy of a series who dates a new girl every episode finally decide he has found the one and goes out of his way the whole episode to be with her even having her over to meet his family declaring her to be the one. Only be the next episode she is long gone and never heard from again. Fresh Prince show did this a lot.
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darthalexander
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Post by darthalexander on Aug 25, 2009 15:45:13 GMT -5
No one mentioned this so you should all be ashamed: the "classic" eavesdropping plot where a character hears another character talking and gets the real story wrong ("Oh no, Jack's got Cancer!") and "hilarious hijinx" ensues.
Three's Company did this one a lot and Frasier did as well. It can be pretty funny but when you've seen the scenario for the 4,795 time it kind of gets old.
I also hate it when two characters obviously like each other but aren't allowed to hook up until the end of the series or late into the series. They find idiotic reasons to keep them apart, blah blah blah.
Two characters hooking up can be interesting - as long as you don't make it like Ross/Rachel.
I also find it funny that characters can find someone new every week and then break up with them by the end of the episode over the most stupidest things - oh no, you go to bed at 9! I go to bed at 10! Oh I guess this relationship will never work...
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Post by Paul Servo on Aug 25, 2009 15:56:26 GMT -5
I remember both The Flintstones and Family Matters did an episode where one "Husband A" buys an expensive gift for his wife, gives it to "Husband B" to hide, only for "Wife B" to find the gift and thinks that "Husband B" got it for her. There was an episode of the Britcom "'Allo 'Allo!", where something similar to this happened. The main character steals a fortune in gold bars, and writes two notes: one to his mistress, telling her to meet him on the train to Switzerland; and the other to his wife, telling her goodbye. Then he trusts the doddering old piano player to give the right notes to the right people. Naturally, everything goes wrong, and his wife ends up on the train instead. REAPER had a decent twist on that plot, but it was still cleched
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