People want film makers to stop using these 21 tropes and stereotypes

We’re grateful to u/fastdisaster777 for posing this question.

What stereotype in movies are you absolutely sick of?

They added –

I’ll go first: Hearing nothing but high-pitched screams when female characters are doing something fun or exciting.

It was a popular question, and a lot of people had bugbears.

1.

TwistedDonner
Via

2.

A simple cup of coffee will sober you up.
1peatfor7

3.

The incompetent or inattentive dad.
coffeeandbrass

4.

Someone making a huge breakfast and then no one ever eating anything except for maybe a slice of toast, and then they run out the door.
hdjaoskdjfj

5.

Nerdy/unattractive girl trope who just becomes hotter once the glasses are off.
Amoss988

6.

When characters puke instantly when they see something gross.
pygmeepony

7.

ConnorK12
Via

8.

Finding car keys in the sun visor.
prodigy1367

9.

Horror films that start with a middle class family moving to a big house in the country, usually they’re grieving the loss of a child and their other child has stopped talking. Bonus points if one of the parents is a struggling writer.
MunsonedWithAHook

10.

The protagonist and the female lead hate each other. Zero chemistry. Then, out of NOWHERE they have sex and suddenly are madly in love.
Narrow_negotiation58

11.

I’m getting too old for this.
SonnyCrocketto