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Cliches are mined and then given a surreal coda: a hard-boiled female detective starts eating her polystyrene coffee cup when she gets a new lead; a traditional Italian restaurant is the ideal place for a first date, except that it plonks a whole seagull in a salad; Hercule Poirot makes an appearance at key moments, but in the silent form of Fiona Creese with a paper bag over her head.
The Detective Show Elisabeth Mahoney 2010
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The Cliches, the miraculous returns, the random guest character that everyone apparently knows but we've never seen and will never see again, weird use of time - either things seem to be set for along time when a shorter time would be best or time magically jumps from 1 hour to 1 minute!
Stargate SG-1 Watchathon - 'Message In A Bottle' (S02E07) 2009
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I bet you and everyone else here would enjoy this extensive library of Videogame Tropes (I highly recommend The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches).
Conflict, Resolution SVGL 2009
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Cliches about teams being families aside, Haynesworth never behaved as if he considered his teammates kin.
Albert Haynesworth wins battle, but everyone ultimately loses Mike Wise 2010
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Planet-x. com.au » prof_brotherton – Ten Science Fiction Cliches to Love
Planet-x.com.au » prof_brotherton – Ten Science Fiction Cliches to Love 2008
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The other side of this ideological divide was taken up by Dean Baker in the Guardian's "Cliches won't fix the financial crisis"
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The other side of this ideological divide was taken up by Dean Baker in the Guardian's "Cliches won't fix the financial crisis"
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Over on SFNovelists, I have posted Cliches I Have Loved as my monthly post.
Cliches I Have Loved kateelliott 2008
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Here are the results of a poll that Catherine Karp over at Suburban Vampire conducted regarding Vampire Cliches:
Vampire Cliches from Suburban Vampire « Urban Fantasy Land 2008
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Ten Science Fiction Cliches to Love à ‚ · Planet-x. com.au found this 21 hours ago on www. mikebrotherton.com.
Planet-x.com.au » Goodbye sweet sci-fi: Forrest J Ackerman dies of heart failure … 2008
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