general media What Clichés you would never be tired of?

[Solid 1,327]

While there is a reason why they are called Clichés, some of them are so classic and effective that some people would just never be tired of them.

 

What are some of those Clichés that you probably would never get tired of? (Whether it is in movies, video games, novels, etc)

 

 

I for one would probably never get tired of these Clichés in the near future, provided they are done in an effective manner.

 

- Two people becoming best buds (or lovers) after a violent encounter between them (there's a Chinese proverb for this one)

- Former enemies make amends after they unite in face of new threat or reaching some kind of mutual understanding

- Protagonist gets owned, but then friends come to his/her side and they fought off the antagonist(s) together

- Funny training montages detailing how protagonist went from a wimp to a full fledge fighter, usually with an elder mentor

- Antagonist triggers protagonist via psychological/physical trauma, causing him/her to unleash his/her inner demon and to go on a rampage wrecking everything around him/her, usually hurting both friendlies and enemies in the process

Edited June 1, 2016 by Solid

[weesh 690]

i'll never get tired of inversions of cliches, which are often themselves cliches.  I love it when the writer is clearly leading you somewhere, but not explicitly, so I start to expect a certain thing, and then there is a radical about face.

[Castle Bleck 19,380]

Long and flowing capes, cloaks, coats, etc.

 

They almost make people look like floating ghosts or something.

 

And that's awesome.

[cmarston1 5,959]

I actually rather like the trope of Childhood Friend Romance.

[weesh 690]

I like the cliche's in gothic horror settings.
vampires got CLASS.  what fantasy villains are dressed better, or comport themselves better than vampires?  And then you contrast that to the completely out of control werewolves.  WILD.  And ferocious!  The cliche's surrounding them make for a rich world to draw stories from.  I don't want to see classless vampires, or werewolves that are in control.  

[Dreambiscuit 10,095]

I like it when the hero gets the girl. If they walk off into a big dramatic sunset together at the end, that's just a bonus.