What's you favourite tv cliche...

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Any woman visibly pregnant will give birth - probably in a very public place such as a taxi while having complications and getting stuck in traffic on the way to hospital and panting lots.

I loved the OC for these.

Anyone seen standing near a car looking moody with one bottle of weak Ameirican beer will have a car crash before the next advert break.

That annoying plot device where a simple misunderstanding is stretched out into a long and drawn out saga, I can't be doing with that. Plus in things like House, where as far as I can tell they are mostly medical dr's, but can turn their hands to anything, brain surgery, transplants, complicated lab work.

Also in crime things where there is a pathologist, they also seem to manage to solve the crime as well as doing the standard autopsy, pretty sure sleuthing isn't in the job description. Another thing is when the serial killer falls in love with/stalks/becomes obsessed with the investigating officer, such a bloody cliche.

In House they also run extremely expensive tests when there is really no evidence to recommend them.

Of course that could be a US thing - if your insurance can pay for it you can have the test. No wonder Hugh Laurie had to go over there, House would never be able to work for the NHS.

In House they always have the 8.52 moment - just a few moments before the end of the programme - when a seemingly insignificant comment makes House work out the diagnosis in spite of all the expensive tests. Example: House is in the hospital canteen and someone asks him to pass a can of drink ... leading House to realise that the patient has aluminium drink can poisoning ....

They should just forget the tests and sit in a room throwing random words at each other.

Every episode of Sharpe seems to feature Sean Bean in his billowy white shirt, nearly open to the waist, bending over a bowl of water washing his face. Someone comes up and says something to him and he straightens up, flicking his wet hair out of his face, with water droplets snaking their way down his exposed chest....mmmmmmmmmm

(I like this one)

I like that too........... (Lottie has secret thoughts of finding Sean Bean like that in her bathroom!! )

Gordon Ramsey always shows us his manly torso when he switches into his kitchen whites to show people how it's done.

when they do show you something random you know it is going to become meaningful later so you end up waiting for the relevance. I hate that.

why in horror movies does some knob always twist their ankle?...

over-use of people's first name, just in case you forget who the main characters are. It's usually American programmes. 24 is really bad:

"Jack, what are we going to do?!"
"I don't know Bob. I have to think"
"But Jack, we only have 4 hours left"
"You're right, Bob, we gotta get hold of [ ]"
"But what if we can't, Jack?? What if we can't? Jack, we gotta do something"

Drives me insane. You'd never repeat someone's name over and over in normal conversation.

Sean Bean and damp, manly chest

In CSI they always run the tests immediately - there is never a 2 week wait for DNA results etc. And they are all experts in a number of different forensics fields. Oh and they always do EVERYTHING in the dark with a small torch. I was looking for hidden evidence I would have ALL the lights on....

american films and accents
english - evil
scottish - humorous/drunk
irish - fun loving terrorist/crooked cop
other foreign - untrustworthy but possibly amusing and definitely sexy.

and if anyone smokes they will be killed and deserve it.

and in House someone always mentiongs mono whaterver teh feck that is.

mono as in mononucleosis, but I believe you call it 'Glandular Fever' over here.

When there's a knock at the door and they go to let the person in, they always look out of the door left and right to see if anyone is looking. What's all that about? Does anyone in RL really do that?

How, when new characters move into a house on the Street/ Square/ Bay they always have completely re-decorated as soon as they've moved in.

Why do naked post-romp men get out of bed wrapped in the sheet? (When we'd all much prefer they didn't!)

And on the Bill, as well as DNA results within 5 minutes, how do they manage to zoom into CCTV footage for a crystal clear image of the baddy???

a central character bumps into another car and has a big argument with the other unknown driver. Then later, their sister/girlfriend/wife/dog introduces them to their very important/best friend/neighbour who they simply must get on with. The two clock each other as the other driver and it's all very awkward. I think they used this at least a dozen times on Neighbours as a way of introducing new characters.

There is a fire when characters barely escape with their lives and 'lose everything'.

Than when everything has 'died down' about 9 months later you notice characters wearing some clothes from before the fire. This has happened tonight on EE Dawn was wearing some awful white sleeveless denim jacket from before that mad May doctor woman torched the family house last summer.

Nobody feels the cold and wears bare legs etc no coat all bloody seasons.

It ALWAYS snows on Christmas.So bookies down Coronation Street/ Albert Square dont offer bets as it would bankrupt them.

lol at this thread.

I HATE the way no one in a soap ever goes to University.

When someone moves away at the end of a US drama they walk away with their cases, put them down, turn and looking longingly at their former home then pick up the cases and walk away!

Did anyone see H&A today? I thought of this thread, it was all so "coming" you could guess the whole episode!

how especially Amercian teenagers manage to get totally hammered on 2 cups of beer (american beer not exactly being strong either).

And how everyone gorgeous woman wakes up in full make-up looking fab.......WTF

I'm also very fond of the "maid dropping tray and screaming hysterically when she finds the body" routine they do in things like Miss Marple! I've always wondered if the extra involved gets special billing as "maid who drops tray".

If a character has something really important to tell someone, they always get interrupted just as they're about to say it. Several times. Aargh! It drives me mad!

Women always give birth lying on their back.

People are always buried, not cremated.