In every rom com ever

(more of a late model thing) 37. Dirty Dancing and/or John Hughes references

38. lead male is musician who is struggling and writes a song for female lead at the end that wins her over

^^My friend just made a microbudget romcom that hinges on that very plot device!

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

40. female lead is endearingly clumsy

41. one of lead male's best friends is an unrepentant stoner and female says 'it's him or me'

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")

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*

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

50. Super Mario 3

46. the film is bookended by old couple relating the story to their friends/kids/etc, sometimes with off-color comments/questions interspersed throughout

47. Old couple let it slip they still bone down.

^hahaha, always

48. the female lead is a bossy fusspot rom devoid of com.

49. Montage of leads going through a pile of their undies in search of the perfect pair for the "big date".

50. Protagonists live in inexplicably lavish Manhattan apartment, despite the fact they never seem to go to work and have weeks of free time to play videogames/reminisce about classic rock/agonise over relationships

51. Wearing pyjamas (and full make-up), eating icecream directly from tub

52. Female lead makes terrible faux pas at work, results in hilarity and shagging the boss rather than instant dismissal on grounds of gross incompetence.

53. Running through a hospital/shopping mall

54. Grumpy older sister

55. 30 year olds playing teenagers and/or 60 year olds playing parents of teenagers

56. guy who knows everything about women and is willing to sell his services but later finds out that the one relationship problem he can fix is *record scratch*...his own

I mean uh,, can't

57. baby delivered by confused and comically inept hijacker

58. STIs

59. home-made pube artwork sent to female lead

60. elephants

61. somebody falling out of a hot air balloon over a senior citizens' picnic

62. OLD LADY WHO SWEARS

63. sustained bloody violence

64. Joe Dallesandro

65. sentimental love scene and final "i love you" moment has lots of maybes in it to denote awkwardness

66. during the inevitable "temporary breakup" scene the man shacks up with a much younger and more attractive woman but isn't happy deep down because she doesn't have a jar of tears or make random honking noises

67. voices warble as chance of love seems slim - declaration must happen at end of physically exerting process, exacerbating this - "i LOVE youuu, I've -gasp- ALWAYS -gasp- loved you..."

68. Gratuitous fart joke to appeal to "the guys"

69. during the temporary breakup the glum female lead goes to her parents' house where her slim energetic mother is painting something.

70. Double dates

71. Main character winds up with nearly all his possessions that he's worked his entire life for destroyed; doesn't care

72. Casting by Lynn Stalmaster & Associates

73. erratic and tempestuous 20-somethings live happily ever after

well I think we have enough, let's start shooting tomorrow

49. Montage of leads going through a pile of their undies in search of the perfect pair for the "big date".

I have never, ever seen this in a movie

to clarify, is it the girl or the guy doing this

xpost -- You're looking at the wrong sites.

just the idea of Gerard Butler pawing through a gigantic pile of boxers is ruining my day :-(

"ahhh burn em all, i'll freeball it tonight"

Gerard Butler IS... Goin' Commando

lol underwear montage

I guess Jennifer Aniston'd have to be in this one, she's used to the ol Gerard-box by now

74. incredibly attractive but not very famous actress plays the female lead's dateless best friend whose love life is never mentioned

126. Anything resembling comedy disappears in the last 30 minutes of the film.

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.

127. Therapist seems to really want to wrap up the session without really offering much help

128. Protagonist pours heart out in a tight close-up

CUT TO:

Dumbstruck Clerk: "Sir/Ma'am, this is a Wendy's."

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.

130. Uptempo Pop song plays under "Protagonists get their lives together" montage

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