5. Character(s) who never quite grew up
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
6. Socially awkward guy gets advice from somewhat less awkward best friend, manages to get with girl for a little while before he ahs a self-conscious moment and feels inadequate, makes up for it at end with over-the-top show of affection in front of hundreds of spectators, gets nookie at end
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
9. Super Mario 2
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 11 January 2013 04:46 (eleven years ago) link
8? Meg Ryan
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:48 (eleven years ago) link
22/7. Male lead character that the audience is supposed to root for despite being a complete fuck up, and the antagonist being a rival male who has the audacity to be a decent guy.
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
9. "Keep your power glove off of my girl" or its equivalent
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
10. (was going to say something to the effect of Nino's, but to add to it) said decent guy who the lead leaves is perfectly cool with it, even if he's left at the altar
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:56 (eleven years ago) link
11. Cameo by up and coming comedian who you won't remember was even in this film three year from now
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:58 (eleven years ago) link
12. Two romantic leads who meet each other under dire circumstances and hate each other, run into each other later and slowly fall in love due to sheer familiarity
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 04:58 (eleven years ago) link
lead goes over the plot of the movie w her best friend(s)
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
13. Couple who are friends with or related to the lead couple who are presented for contrast, a plot strand, or a cautionary tale
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
14. ice-skating
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
Ha good one, true
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
15. a Tony Bennett song
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
16. white ppl
― ð_ð (clouds), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
17. A scene while male and female lead are briefly separated where lead male's irresponsible best friend takes him out for a night of debauchery which somehow ties into the film's ending
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
18. Cute/Ugly dogs
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
19. At least one reference to Bill Cosby
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
20. misunderstandings that increase in severity because the character is not given a chance to explain themselves
― absolvents (electricsound), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
21. Super cute child of one of the prospective partners. The child speaks the truth about love that only children can see.
― Clay, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
^^ good one xpost
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
22. if you're competing against Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant, John Cusack, or Paul Rudd, forget about it, bro
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
23. yelling in the rain
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
24. dad joekz
25. New York City
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
23 is v good too
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
26. 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
27. Couple's first sex is earthshaking.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
28. Female lead has a 'secret' that male lead doesn't have time to listen to until it gets revealed publicly by someone the female lead used to know
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
29. Greg Kinnear totally gets a raw deal in the love triangle
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
30. Asshole/Bitch fiance.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
31. (this is more a 'last 3 years' thing) Guy hears his woman on the toilet and it shatters his world
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
32. if you will only pursue love blindly and irrationally, the universe will (must?) reward you with True Love
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
33. Kate Hudson
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:16 (eleven years ago) link
^^^^ i was gonna say "Dane Cook" but Hollywood seems to be wising up on that and also I feared typing his name multiple times might have a Candyman-esque effect
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
34. Hugh Grant, stammering and sputtering
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
34b. unless it's Hugh Grant, Charming Asshole
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
35. Gerard Butler
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
36. at least one song that was played at proms in the 80s making an appearance somewhere in the film
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:20 (eleven years ago) link
(more of a late model thing) 37. Dirty Dancing and/or John Hughes references
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
38. lead male is musician who is struggling and writes a song for female lead at the end that wins her over
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
^^My friend just made a microbudget romcom that hinges on that very plot device!
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
39. following the cue of the male lead, everbody in a bar/restaurant join in an rousing acapella sing-a-long of some old Motown/early-'60s soft-pop song
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:59 (eleven years ago) link
40. female lead is endearingly clumsy
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
41. one of lead male's best friends is an unrepentant stoner and female says 'it's him or me'
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
42. climactic scene involves female or male lead frantically running (to climactic music) to catch/stop/say whatever to whomever, while ignoring the discouragements of friends and/or family along the way (although the Best Friend/Fiance may say "Go get 'er/'im")
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:17 (eleven years ago) link
43. scene preceding 42. involves old man/woman earnestly imploring lead that "if you ever find him/her... DON'T LET GO LIKE I DID" *cue Motown hit and running*
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
44. (9/11 kinda shut down this trope) Male lead frantically rushing to airport and catching plane that is about to board to stop woman from leaving
xpost hahahahaha
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
50. Super Mario 3
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 11 January 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
46. the film is bookended by old couple relating the story to their friends/kids/etc, sometimes with off-color comments/questions interspersed throughout
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
101. Sound on soundtrack that is famous iconic pop song but this version is a cover from a no-name act
― NINO CARTER, Saturday, 12 January 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
102. Soundtrack cribbed from "Deliah After Dark" playlists.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 January 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
103. montage cutting back and forth between her and him both discussing each other with their gfs/bros
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 13 January 2013 08:36 (eleven years ago) link
104. (spoken through tears) "I dnn't know what I want anymore!"
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
"I DON'T", even.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
105. someone is a chef
― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
106. (Nu-era trope) Old, washed-up celeb makes cameo as themself and makes fun of their real life persona
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
107. Kaizo Mario World
― Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
is there a joke I'm missing with these posts ^^^
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm assuming "rom" is like a rom file, like what you download to play pirated video games? Seems like a reach though.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 13 January 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
108. www.doperoms.com
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
109. apple product placement
― abanana, Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
110. best friend unusually interested in getting other friend laid.
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
that's not what besties do? welp, i guess i don't need to make any friends after all.
― s.clover, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
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
― NINO CARTER, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 14 January 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― pplains, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
113. Male lead runs through airport to reconcile with female lead before she boards a plane
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
114. Female lead wants to get married but can't discuss the topic with boyfriend, waits endlessly until he "pops the question"
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
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
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
glad to see that stalking has already been mentioned
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
115. Male and female leads always of the same ethnicity
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
.............white?
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
lemme guess
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
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
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
117. Male lead is an architect
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
118. WINE
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
or doctor xp
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
119. Minor issue at 70-minute mark gets blown up into a relationship crisis, because that's what the screen-writing manual said to do
― mohawk ororoducer (abanana), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
120. "wanna come in?" / "no, i'd better get home"
― rap is afraid of me (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
― Chris S, Friday, January 11, 2013 12:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i've never actually seen this but i am just going to assume:
39a. Cutaway to the "wrong" guy/gal: they don't know the words and are either faking it badly or looking annoyed at all the carrying-on.
― 'cause there's always been an it i can't truss (Doctor Casino), Friday, 1 December 2017 05:40 (six years ago) link
121. FEDORAS
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
122. Somebody is wearing sunglasses and either slides them down their nose or dramatically takes them off to get a good look at someone else.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 March 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
123. pouting
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 17 March 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
Flowers in the woman’s bedroom
― calstars, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:14 (eight months ago) link
125. Sparse vinyl collections and entry-level turntables displayed in the residences of lead characters
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:27 (eight months ago) link
126. Anything resembling comedy disappears in the last 30 minutes of the film.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:31 (eight months ago) link
Haha I've been noticing #125 in various TV shows of the '70s and '80s: Mary Tyler Moore, Dallas, Miami Vice. Signifying that the character is kind of hip adjacent, living in the contemporary world, but not trying too hard; not some kind of geeky collector or audio freak.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:46 (eight months ago) link
127. Therapist seems to really want to wrap up the session without really offering much help
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 23:48 (eight months ago) link
128. Protagonist pours heart out in a tight close-up
CUT TO:
Dumbstruck Clerk: "Sir/Ma'am, this is a Wendy's."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 23:54 (eight months ago) link
129. Prelude showing our heroine as a little girl playing with dolls and dollhouse, possibly conducting doll wedding as a period-appropriate pop song plays on soundtrack and is crossfaded with a new cover of said song as we transition to present day and learn that girl grew up to be a beautiful fuckup.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 00:06 (eight months ago) link
130. Uptempo Pop song plays under "Protagonists get their lives together" montage
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 00:08 (eight months ago) link
Leaves
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 00:24 (eight months ago) link