58 Tiiiiiiiny Things That Happen In Every Movie And Annoy The Living Hell Out Of People

We asked the members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us what movie tropes and clichés they hate, and they had A LOT to say. Here are the best submissions:

Note: Some submissions are from this Reddit thread because they're too good not to include.

1. 'When there's a very loud, very public 'I love you' speech. They are gross and embarrassing and when the audience whoops and cheers, it makes me roll my eyes. I tune out the rest of the movie or show."

—bdelorenzo84

2. "When there's a private detective who is a grumpy ex-cop playing by their own rules."

—katef18

3. "When the hero has a spouse who is neglected because the hero is doing their job. So tired of this stupid plot line."

—reneehambley

4. "I hate when a character says that something will never happen, and then that exact thing happens a second later. It’s so overdone."

—lt63

5. "When a character decides to go to the cops about a supernatural thing (either a killer, phenomenon, or conspiracy) that sounds totally unrealistic, and of course the cops don't believe them or do anything about it and laugh in the character's face instead."

—twinkleheart90

6. "When someone on foot is being chased by a car but the car cannot seem to catch up with them for over a minute. It should take about five seconds max to catch the person that is on foot."

—sonofmogh

7. "When people cheat on their partners with no remorse but it's played as finding true love or soulmates."

—kidhalloween85

8. "It drives me crazy when they do flashbacks to a character as a kid and all of a sudden them as a kid has brown eyes and somehow as they get older they change to blue or vice versa."

—leezaellman

9. "When the villain has captured the hero, and there’s literally no escape, and instead of killing the hero while they have the opportunity, they decide to explain their whole plan and gloat and taunt the hero for SO LONG until backup arrives to save the hero. Just kill them while you can!"

—laurenb41ed33482

10. "When a character has a dog and they come home and don't have to walk the dog."

 —ricod40f35e712

11. "When a character is on a motorcycle or a vehicle without a windshield and doesn't have eye protection. It's impossible to keep your eyes open with direct wind in your eyes at 50mph."

 —ricod40f35e712

12. "When a character dies with open eyes and another character hovers their flat hand over the dead person's face and then the open eyes are magically closed."

—bennym81

13. "When people having sex in horror movies are usually the first ones to die."

—katchichlp

14. "When one character texts another and there are no previous messages. If you’re texting your mom, boyfriend or any friend ever, then you have a chat history."

—sandyrose

15. "When people have sex, and after the woman covers her chest with sheets and runs to the bathroom wrapped in said sheets. It's been what, 60, 70 years? Even more? If you can't imagine a creative and realistic way to not show a woman's breasts, don't shoot a sex scene."

—u/ViaNocturna664

16. "When getting shot in the shoulder is portrayed as an injury so minor that all you need to do is hold it for a little while. Then in a day or so, it’s like it never happened."

—fuddyduddydude

17. "When a prosecutor introduces a surprise witness or evidence in the middle of a trial. You would get disbarred for pulling something like that."

—u/Hq3473

18. "When teenagers are ripped beyond belief looking like they’re 26."

—u/Hachey97

19. "If any woman between the ages of 16 and 50 vomits, it means they're pregnant."

—u/ehsteve23

20. "When a character says, 'I have to tell you something' to another character and the other character totally ignores them and interrupts with some lame statement or observation. Then the first character doesn't tell them the important thing they need to say."

—jennyporterw

21. "When someone is fighting another person, falls to the ground, reaches with their hand, and magically there's something there they can use to end the fight."

—u/ADHDbetz

22. "When movies and TV shows proliferate the ridiculous trope that the third date is the sex date. This is not a real thing. People don’t go out with someone three times, then magically drop their pants and hop in the sack."

—akpisano

23. "I hate the funny fat best friend or the quirky Black guy on the side or the smart Asian kid who has a cameo. Like damn, marginalized people can be the main characters in stories that aren't just about their trauma!"

—u/Cuteporquinha

24. "When they turn on the TV at the exact moment a relevant news report starts."

u/LoveAndDynamite

25. "The misunderstanding trope where the significant other walks in on their spouse doing something that looks kinda suspicious without context and goes, 'Wait, I can explain!' One to two hours later, their partner goes 'Why didn't you just tell me that you weren't cheating on me?' I think that's why I hate most rom-coms."

—u/Cometstarlight

26. "I hate how in horror movies they'll be stuck in the woods and there's a lazy line about there being no service and no one ever checks their phones again. I mean, if I was in danger, I’d be checking my phone for service every five seconds. My main goal would be to get service on that phone."

—christine61390

27. "When people say, 'As you know...' I hate it when movie characters say this because it is the most obvious way of explaining exposition to the audience."

—u/Redditor_2017

28. "If your plot can only be maintained by your characters not having a simple conversation to resolve things, you're a bad writer and I don't like you."

—u/ShelbaBarbera

29. "I hate obvious 'We’re siblings!' exposition like when we meet characters for the first time and one calls the other 'sis.'"

—rebeccam4e04c2006

30. "When characters who are about to kiss for the first time get interrupted. Every damn time. How many fucking times are they going to write that?"

—u/SomeoneHad2FuknSayIt

31. "When people just park anywhere. When they're running into city hall or the courthouse or the police station or an airport or wherever, they just park here literally right in front of the front door. Not only is that illegal, it's not even physically possible in most cities/towns. They never show our heroes schlepping it from a parking garage two blocks away."

—u/cubs_070816

32. "Everything about being 'knocked out.' In real life, if your head is hit hard enough to render you unconscious, it's called a concussion. It's not something you can just wake up from."

—u/Zorkeldschorken

33. "When characters say 'You have to trust me' or 'There's no time to explain.' In 9 out of 10 cases, there's definitely time to explain and the explanation would take less time than trying to convince the other party to just trust you."

—u/TiBiDi

34. "When a character explains something in technical language and the other person says, 'Uh, in English?' It's painfully unfunny and overdone."

—u/tequila_regret

35. "When the main character is randomly saved by some other character we haven't seen for the last 20 minutes who just sneaks up from behind and shoots or hits the villain over the head. And literally NOBODY heard them coming, even if it's wide open in a field."

—u/ADHDbetz

36. "When someone is doing a lecture, their friend or colleague enters the room, and five seconds later the bell rings. The lecturer then gives instructions for the next lecture to the students while they are leaving the room."

—u/anchampala

37. "When a date is made, and they just conclude with 'OK, see you tonight at 8!' Like, where are we meeting? What are we going to do? Do I have to have dinner before? Will it include drinking, so do I leave my car at home? What do I wear?"

—u/AnusStapler

38. "I hate when the guy who bullies the gay kid ends up being gay. It's even worse when they end up with the kid they bullied."

—u/Opening-Ad-2981

39. "I hate 'the evil guy sacrifices himself in the end so they are good!' trope. Like WTF, just because they died doesn't erase the abuse, murder, and terrible acts that they already committed. It's absolutely not a healthy way to portray people in real life either."

—u/D-Money100

40. "When characters in high school have parties every week. As a high schooler, I can tell you we don’t have that many parties and no one wants to clean up their entire house after that."

—keshawii

41. "Looking away from the road to have a full conversation while driving. It's almost satisfying when there is a crash."

—u/Byizo

42. "Every time there is a wedding where they have a friend marry them, the friend ALWAYS makes the same joke about how they got ordained on the internet. It’s getting really old."

—stellal4a527e2d6

43. "When a character coughs, it always means they’re going to die. It’s never just a cough."

—lilyb427672241

44. "I really hate when characters have just had sex and they have to get up, and mysteriously, they have underwear on. Find some other way to get around the issue."

—s444dfcf99

45. "My pet peeve is when pregnant women are just walking and talking normally and then suddenly the movie has them double over in agony, indicating that they are now in labor. In reality, labor ramps up from short, mild cramps to long, powerful contractions over multiple hours, often days. It's not like a sudden punch in the gut out of nowhere."

—etconner

46. "I hate when a man falls on top of a woman with his face in her cleavage. It's not funny. It's never been funny."

—jade4321

47. "I hate how every horror film starts with the characters moving into a new house."

—bekiballs

48. "I hate it when a car breaks down on the side of the road and they open the hood and a bunch of steam or smoke comes out. That has never once happened to me or anyone I know."

—lizjs

49. "I hate the evil, bad, abusive step parent trope that's supposed to justify the protagonist's own bad behavior or irrational decision."

—prolix

50. "I hate when a character laughs and then goes, 'Oh, you were serious.'"

—Midnight In Avalon

51. "When the 'unattractive" friend isn't unattractive. They just stick a pair of glasses on them and apparently that makes them look 'unattractive.' As a kid who grew up in the '90s wearing glasses, it perpetually offends me."

—thelonedoodler

52. "When people have a conversation in the middle of the street and a car hits one of them or is about to hit them."

—sammachado

53. "I hate when they leave the front door open in the middle of a make-out session and go at it. Unless they’re exhibitionists, why?"

—nguoam

54. "When people can hold down minimum wage jobs like a server and live in huge apartments on their own in big cities where rent would be astronomical."

—jbmasta

55. "One of the worst is when the heroes or cops knock on a door and it either falls open or it’s unlocked. Then, instead of turning on the lights, they go through the house with flashlights and shine 'em up and down in every room. Who IRL does that?"

—anjar

56. "I hate how in scary movies, the kids, mom, or whoever will tell the dad the house is haunted or possessed and he NEVER believes them. I think you can tell by the hysterics if your child or spouse is being serious."

—justanokiegemini

57. "I have a huge issue when characters use cellphones and either don't end the call with some kind of goodbye or press the end button when the other person has already hung up. We've been using cellphones for years now. Why don't they know how they work?"

—sharnelll

58. And lastly "When the parent makes their kids a five-star buffet and the kids just take a piece of toast and leave."

—Moonlxght

What are some other movie tropes and clichés that you hate? Let us know in the comments!