List of SFF Clichés

[Nesacat]

The inevitable only one man can save the world; and here's only of my favourites due to it's dramatic qualities.

"Immortal, demonic, metamorphic and amoral - evil can play the most terrifying tricks... The Trickster. He is a shape-shifter. He kills without mercy. He is as old as time. Only one man can stand against him"

I'm waiting for ... only one frog/worm/fish can stand against him.

[Azathoth]

• How about the pseudo-feudal fantasy world which is somehow extraordinarily egalitarian in its attitudes towards women? *cough* Robert Jordan *cough*
• The horse that requires zero maintenance.
• The hero who suffers from one severe vice (always mentioned yet never properly shown), yet never suffers a bad hair day - or bad looks in general.
• The archer who never misses unless for dramatic effect. Oh, and how is it (yeah, I've got my eyes on you, Legolas) that the string of a bow never gets soggy in the rain?
• The civilization that hasn't advanced technologically since, oh, its creation.
• Elves.
• Short, comic races.
• One violent, yet strangely noble race. (That goes for you too, Sci-fi!)
• A poorly written romantic subplot, which will surely be done away with the very next episode or book.
• Adulterous behavior which somehow doesn't damage the relationship between male protagonist and female love interest (unless of course it is the female that cheats.)

[Nesacat]

And no one ever needs to go to the bathroom or carry tampons.

[Azathoth]

Lol, maybe they wear diapers.

[Dianora]

lmao! This thread is hilarious.... there are so many good ones, I can't come up with something new! Ok, give me time. I'll think of something. Has anyone yet mentioned that nobody seems to bathe, and yet they all apparently look either ruggedly handsome or incredibly beautiful?

[j. d. worthington]

Not to mention they never have trouble with body odor....

[Azathoth]

Has anyone yet mentioned that nobody seems to bathe, and yet they all apparently look either ruggedly handsome or incredibly beautiful?

*cough* Aragorn *cough*

Not to mention they never have trouble with body odor....

Save for the belchy/farty dwarf.

[jackokent]

Originally Posted by Azathoth

The horse that requires zero maintenance.

Loved this, so true

Loner hero with no alliegences or morals meets cutsy, annoying but plucky urchin child (usualy urchin is robbing him but not mandetory). Hero eventually comes to grips with his "deep / sad / tragic" past and refinds his sensitve side having to rescue said child who seems bent on getting himslef captured by villain. Any passing beautiful woman will be moved by this display of sensitiviy and inevitably become his companion.

Villain meanwhile, will have lots of pantomine character traits, typified by scars, jerky movements, and a propensity to announce his evil intentions in a loud voice followed by manic cackle. He is likely to know the hero and share some secret past with him. They may even have once been friends.

The gory demise of the villain will be undoubtably be accomanied by a final surprised look.

[Azathoth]

Villain meanwhile, will have lots of pantomine character traits, typified by scars, jerky movements, and a propensity to announce his evil intentions in a loud voice followed by manic cackle. He is likely to know the hero and share some secret past with him. They may even have once been friends.

Ha, too true! It's almost as if villains all have Tourette Syndrome, a snake-handling past, and a voice that's forever stuck in puberty.

The gory demise of the villain will be undoubtably be accomanied by a final surprised look.

LOL! Yeah, while screaming, "NOOOOOoooooooooo....!!!" as he plunges into a volcano or whatever.

[Nesacat]

Dianora .... unless you are an elf and then no matter what mess you get into you'll end up with just the few artistic smudges and the tiniest frown on your brow.

Jackokent .... or the said urchin is a damsel in disguise that everyone but the hero recognises as being such.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

Jackokent .... or the said urchin is a damsel in disguise that everyone but the hero recognises as being such.

Um, considering that state of affairs, perhaps it's no wonder that heroes are a dying breed.....

[scalem X]

The minotaur's favored weapon is an axe.

The original minotaur from the greeck mythology never handled an axe! Where does it come from? Does D&D give minotaurs extra axe proficiency or something?

[Thadlerian]

Ethnic Clusters
Spaceship crews always seem to be international, with stereotypical names on members from non-US/UK countries: The Russian is Somethingnov, the Japanese is named Tanaka, and there's always some N'Soandso from an indeterminable African country.

[jackokent]

Originally Posted by Thadlerian

Ethnic Clusters
Spaceship crews always seem to be international, with stereotypical names on members from non-US/UK countries: The Russian is Somethingnov, the Japanese is named Tanaka, and there's always some N'Soandso from an indeterminable African country.

Unless of course you are a baddy space crew in which case you all look exacty the same except chief baddy who is bigger and cheif lady baddy who wears some tall headpiece to depict her evil / superior status.

And you will all have warty skin.

[Crisspin]

Originally Posted by Thadlerian

Ethnic Clusters
Spaceship crews always seem to be international, with stereotypical names on members from non-US/UK countries: The Russian is Somethingnov, the Japanese is named Tanaka, and there's always some N'Soandso from an indeterminable African country.

Don't forget they all speak English as well, as all other languages have fallen to the wayside (except the French who refused to play along ofcourse).