35 TV and Movie Tropes That Need to Go the Way of Blu-ray
Time to turn these current tropes into nostalgic tropes
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Have you ever been around people you love for a little too long? If the term “absence makes the heart grow fonder” immediately comes to mind, that’s how we feel about the tropes below. Our hearts were full the first time we heard, “Don’t get on that flight because I love you,” but by the second and third time, we started thinking that a couple decades could go by before the fourth.
The rest of these could join it in hibernation, too.
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![THE FRIENDSHIP BOOMERANG A trusted companion leaves just before the final battle... But returns just in time to save the day! All is forgiven. GRAGKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/0/1106810.jpg)
![Just friends. 80 Many conversations about crappy love lives. Finally realize that they should have been together ALL ALONG. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/9/1106809.jpg)
![Do you recognize that background actress? Yeah, she'll be important later. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/8/1106808.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM A character makes a wish.. Regrets making it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/7/1106807.jpg)
![Someone acted sympathetically towards the protagonist during his struggle to unravel a conspiracy? they are secretly the mastermind behind it! GRACKED.COM X](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/6/1106806.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM ORPHANED? Congratulations! Someone is DEFINITELY trying to kill you.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/5/1106805.jpg)
![Countdown from seeing a pool on screen to someone jumping into it. Almost Famous, 1 minute Lethal Weapon, 2 minutes Breaking Bad, 5 minutes CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/4/1106804.jpg)
![If a character gets a gift, STARTREK transporter I room - SAN FRANC BANJOV you can count on that gift getting ruined by the of the episode. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/2/1106802.jpg)
![The ripped guy who secretly has a gentle, sensitive side. Aprooklyn99 It relies on the viewer assuming that anyone who's muscular is a meathead. That's kind of a leap, isn't it? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/3/1106803.jpg)
![Two straight guys were just mistaken for a gay couple? Oh, the hilarity. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/0/1106800.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM *poking fun at boss* *group falls silent* She' s/He' S right behind me, isn't she/he?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/1/1106801.jpg)
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![This guy is a virgin so he lacks basic knowledge of human anatomy. Also since he's not getting laid he is a total loser. And naive. VIRGIN 40 THE YEAR-OLD AMERICAN PIE It's a wrap! When are we filming? Hopefully never. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/8/1106798.jpg)
![НЕНЕ YOU SAID... PENAL MOBY-DICK WANG That '70s Show Scrubs Two and a Half Men JOKE IS OVERDUE FOR RETIREMENT. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/7/1106797.jpg)
![PLEASE CUT IT OUT WITH THE THIN CHARACTERS WHO weRe FORMERLY FAT. F.R.I.E.N.D.S New Girl JUST FRIENDS 88 THE FAT SUITS ARE INSULTING, AS IS THE NOTION THAT BEING FAT mAKes someone A Joke. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/6/1106796.jpg)
![Hollywood is aware that rape jokes are a no-no. GET HARD But apparently they still think prison rape is an appropriate subject to joke about. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/5/1106795.jpg)
![You're going to be a father! Wow, your life is ruined!! It's kind of dumb to base a joke on the assumption that all men hate fatherhood. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/4/1106794.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM CAN WE FINALLY NIX THE GUY IN GIRL ROBE JOKE? FULLER HOUSE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/3/1106793.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM neurotic + insufferable 7 lovable](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/2/1106792.jpg)
![HOLLYWOOD, ENOUGH WITH THE DRAMA QUEEN GAYS. modern family CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/1/1106791.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Is anyone laughing at all these moms being uptight joyless harpies?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/8/1106788.jpg)
![Draco Malfoy Jack Sparrow Cocky pricks love them apples! James т. Kirk Ryuk CRACKED.COM Sokka Indiana Jones](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/7/1106787.jpg)
![Fear The Walking Dead ONE Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Twilight HONOR 24G THE Gran Torino Suburban heroes drive pickup trucks. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/5/1106785.jpg)
![Looking to score some drugs? HIGH SCHOOL NIP/TUCK Just find a tattooed guy! AMERICAN DAD CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/0/1106790.jpg)
![In the movies, if you're trans... AN C LVA Norman Bates Dr. Frank N. Furter Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb You're probably depraved or a criminal. Einhorn is Finkle! Finkle is Einhorn! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/0/1106780.jpg)
![6'0 .0.9 5'6 5'6 5'0 5'0 4'6 6 ة 4'0 3'6 '6 3 3'0 Todd Hockney - Usual Suspects The short ones are often portrayed as ... Yao - Mulan Aggressive, hot-headed, short- tempered, and ill-mannered. Wolverine X -nen GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/9/1106789.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM GOTH GIRLS KNOW DARK MAGICI Bellatrix Lestrange Nancy Black Alice Random spell caster AND ARE ALL BAT-SHIT CRAZY.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/6/1106786.jpg)
![It's a Wonderful Life Foul Play CRACKED.COM No matter how sexy the librarian, glasses are required The Mummy Personals NATURA NOVELS Rufus Wainwright-Out Of The Game The Big Sleep](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/8/1106778.jpg)
![GRAGKED COM Lost Tropes Extreme '90s anti-heroes. How badly has this aged? Just ask Rob Liefeld, who has become a joke for his radical characters with bloated muscles, childishly designed weapons, and, erm, suits full of pouches. Pouches are rad!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/6/1106776.jpg)
![Lost Tropes Flashback stare Suddenly invaded by flashbacks of 'Nam or Cats, you just stare at nothing with dead eyes. Then it hits you: this trope is so outdated, it was mocked in Airplane! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/7/1106777.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM CO RU Lost Tropes Easter European women are ugly. Yikes, this is an obscure one - and also, yikes, look at this outdated, mysoginistic Cold War trope. It's probably sprinkled with fat suits for comedic value.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/4/1106784.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Lost Tropes Alliterative names Names like Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, or Lois Lane were all the rage back in the day, but today's heroes don't really seem to follow this pattern. Well, except for Donnie Darko.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/3/1106783.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM AWFUL BIOPIC TROPES THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Just as our hero is about to lose their shot, they manage to prove their genius in one single moment of truth. Examples appear in Coal Miner's Daughter and Walk the Line, but people going from mocking Ray Charles to jumping up to dance during his audition scene borders on self-parody. PS.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/9/1106779.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM AWFUL BIOPIC TROPES TRAUMA AS MOTIVATION Genius is explained by trauma, right? Because that seems to be a narrative staple of biopics. Every traumatic incident in your life and every mistake you make pushes you towards your destiny of greatness.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/2/1106782.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM AWFUL BIOPIC TROPES CHANGING THE ACTOR'S APPEARANCE AS OSCAR-BAIT We like Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman, so we'll let Monster and The Hours slide. But giving awards to Jared Leto for playing a trans woman in Dallas Buyers Club was just condoning narcissism (the Jared Leto kind of narcissism, which is even worse).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/1/1106781.jpg)