In every rom com ever

83. Small jewellery box turns out not to contain engagement ring.

84. Awful score with a lot of whimsical plucked strings.

85. Stalking pays.

86. Montage of trying on dresses/hats/outfits set to snappy pop song

87. Running late for job/date/bus & runs somewhere holding a pastry in mouth and/or putting on high heels mid-stride

88. Gigantic, stylish inner city loft apartment that lead actor/actress clearly could not afford irl

89. Reveals secret shame of loving (x) type of music (ie finds cd in car/catches them dancing) which awww actually brings the two love interests closer together

*which is almost always never an embarrassing reveal

90. Seemingly well-adjusted couple, close friends of the protagonist(s), who suddenly find it necessary to seriously re-examine their own relationship. Their realization that everything's just fine just happens to coincide with the protagonist(s) finding love.

91. shocking betrayal and months of estrangement completely repaired by a charming coincidence and a 90-second speech

92. Montage showing loser/nutcase/psycho dates they go on when seperated.

93. bewbs

94. Scene where buff male lead takes his top off and girl catches this accidentally and suddenly becomes interested.

or vice versa as seen in 'Desperately Seeking Susan'.

95. Mel Gibson's butt

re:89 The artist is almost always Foreigner.

96. Actress keeps bra on during sex scene.

haha

97. (this applies to newer movies) Food Trucks, food trucks, and more Food trucks.

98. seemingly forced to choose between love and career, protagonist learns they really can have it all, usually w/ promotion.

98a. gruff superior unexpectedly explains that he/she wishes there had been more time made for love and family

99. a lake house

100. Actor shoots hoops/Actress does yoga...narrative pushed along by dialog during these activities.

101. Sound on soundtrack that is famous iconic pop song but this version is a cover from a no-name act

102. Soundtrack cribbed from "Deliah After Dark" playlists.

103. montage cutting back and forth between her and him both discussing each other with their gfs/bros

104. (spoken through tears) "I dnn't know what I want anymore!"

"I DON'T", even.

105. someone is a chef

lol

106. (Nu-era trope) Old, washed-up celeb makes cameo as themself and makes fun of their real life persona

107. Kaizo Mario World

is there a joke I'm missing with these posts ^^^

I'm assuming "rom" is like a rom file, like what you download to play pirated video games? Seems like a reach though.

108. www.doperoms.com

109. apple product placement

110. best friend unusually interested in getting other friend laid.

that's not what besties do? welp, i guess i don't need to make any friends after all.

I'm talking more like movies like American Pie where Stiffler seems like he'll die if his other friends don't put their Ps in a V

tbf though one of the characters does reference that in that movie!

111. http://alarm-magazine.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/The_Locust-680x455.jpg

112. Female lead concludes on-stage rehearsal of either theater scene or music number. From shadows of auditorium, a slow-clap and "Bravo!" from either long-lost friend/relative or evil love interest. Female lead's eyes search the darkness for source.

113. Male lead runs through airport to reconcile with female lead before she boards a plane

114. Female lead wants to get married but can't discuss the topic with boyfriend, waits endlessly until he "pops the question"

96. Actress keeps bra on during sex scene.

― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, January 12, 2013 4:05 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

glad to see that stalking has already been mentioned

115. Male and female leads always of the same ethnicity

.............white?

lemme guess

116. Female lead works in marketing/publishing/media industry

or is a kindergarten teacher, either way she has a luxurious manhattan loft as mentioned previously