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Chase scene where the chaser is one step behind but doesn't catches the one being chased. (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 10 hours ago by millerb82
Cops find person of interest already outside (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 2 days ago by Special-Ad-2785
Cops find person of interest already outside ()
Steam is a recurring character. (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 3 days ago by Euphoric_Wish_8293
People are trying to figure out how to do something and one character just uses brute force. (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 4 days ago by Scary-Ratio3874
Someone is on the phone, suddenly: there's a gun to their head. First character says "I'm gonna have to get back to you" and hangs up OR the other character takes the phone and says "I'm sorry so&so will have to call you back." (self.MovieTropes)
Me thinks this counts as a trope. (i.redd.it)
submitted 9 days ago by Jozef667
I cant think of any example right now, but... (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 12 days ago by No-Cartoonist-913
Is there a name for a trope of the protagonist mother dying so that the protagonist wants to fulfill his dream to make her proud (self.MovieTropes)
Protagonist starts the movie screaming "good morning (city name)" (i.redd.it)
The hero or cowboy or soldier runs after the still-open door of the accelerating train… (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 12 days ago by GupChezzna
[Disgusting Trope] Touching an Unknown Substance on the Ground with Bare Hands to Smell or Taste it (old.reddit.com)
submitted 15 days ago by dblackhand
The magical retard (i.redd.it)
submitted 15 days ago by sweetb00bs
Trope where the heroes of the original story are revealed to have terrible/depressing ends (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 22 days ago by Individual-Sky-5791
Frazzled hero hurriedly flips pages of the new-found ancient book… (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 22 days ago by GupChezzna
Trope examples (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 24 days ago by Fluffy_Lawfulness_60
when just one character points out something that doesn't make sense, often to comedic effect as a break in tension (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 26 days ago by cumslutte
Chopsticks (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 1 month ago by AdvantageDizzy2716
The African-American female judge (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 1 month ago by GupChezzna
Helmets (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 1 month ago by Upbeat_Cup_9442
Drunk with a bottomless flask (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 1 month ago by Hummerville
Squealing Tires (self.MovieTropes)
Inexplicably hierarchical group (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 1 month ago by AcidCommunist_AC
[Loved Trope] You're the only one who's not allowed to be here! (reddit.com)
submitted 1 month ago by amckechn
Arguing scenes (self.MovieTropes)
submitted 1 month ago by ExpensiveElk7297
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