DA Baracus Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Low level henchmen thinking they can take on a hero, and amusingly getting absolutely burst by said hero, usually very quickly. It's like mate, you're an unnamed gang member, you really think you can take on Batman? Austin Powers 3 had a good bit about this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Characters get killed off at the end of the penultimate season but appear in every episode of the final season in flashbacks. Writer - ‘Yeah, so you’ve been written out of the show. Oh don’t worry, you’ve still got a job for another season’. Actor - ‘Nice one cheers, see you in a month for filming.’ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Conjunctivitis. I don't know it's more prevalent in America for some reason but, if a comedy show runs for long enough, they all end up with an episode where someone gets "pinkeye" and the cast will panic about catching it from them, thus ruining an important event where appearance is important. Inevitably, everybody gets it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 16 hours ago, BFTD said: Conjunctivitis. I don't know it's more prevalent in America for some reason but, if a comedy show runs for long enough, they all end up with an episode where someone gets "pinkeye" and the cast will panic about catching it from them, thus ruining an important event where appearance is important. Inevitably, everybody gets it. Sounds like the plot of an episode of The Big Bang Theory. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Sounds like the plot of an episode of The Big Bang Theory. It was. "The Big Bang Theory" The Sibling Realignment (TV Episode 2018) - Reference View - IMDb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 17 hours ago, BFTD said: Conjunctivitis. I don't know it's more prevalent in America for some reason but, if a comedy show runs for long enough, they all end up with an episode where someone gets "pinkeye" and the cast will panic about catching it from them, thus ruining an important event where appearance is important. Inevitably, everybody gets it. It caused an outbreak of Zombies in South Park 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 A variant on this - chicken pox. I was remembering it as pinkeye, but Friends had an episode where Phoebe got chicken pox when she was trying to get her hole from a guy she saw infrequently, so I guess you can expand it to "a contagious, unpleasant condition". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, BFTD said: A variant on this - chicken pox. I was remembering it as pinkeye, but Friends had an episode where Phoebe got chicken pox when she was trying to get her hole from a guy she saw infrequently, so I guess you can expand it to "a contagious, unpleasant condition". Can you use the expression "get your hole" when talking about a woman? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, GordonD said: Can you use the expression "get your hole" when talking about a woman? Er, yes... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 hours ago, GordonD said: Can you use the expression "get your hole" when talking about a woman? I have seen it used thusly. I believe Phoebe from Friends wanted to get it on with Charlie Sheen, so it really wouldn't be a surprise if some backdoor strap-on action was involved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 8 hours ago, GordonD said: Can you use the expression "get your hole" when talking about a woman? Yes if she's into pegging 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 A character imploring another character to join them in following some unlikely course of action, and replying "there's no time to explain" when asked why, despite: 1. The explanation would only take a few seconds 2. They could easily just provide an explanation while on their way to the next scene in the film/TV series. The other character will always agree instantly and never say something like "no, I'm not giving up my job and leaving my house and family to go on a flight to Nicaragua unless you can be bothered taking a few seconds to explain why". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: A character imploring another character to join them in following some unlikely course of action, and replying "there's no time to explain" when asked why, despite: 1. The explanation would only take a few seconds 2. They could easily just provide an explanation while on their way to the next scene in the film/TV series. The other character will always agree instantly and never say something like "no, I'm not giving up my job and leaving my house and family to go on a flight to Nicaragua unless you can be bothered taking a few seconds to explain why". As ever, The Simpsons got this absolutely right 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Medical shows. Patient is lying in the hospital bed, with a loved one (parent or spouse) next to them. Patient has some sort of seizure or starts spewing blood. Alarms go off. Doctors come rushing in to save the patient... And get body blocked by the now hysterical loved one screaming "What's happening?" The loved one will almost lie on top of the patient to block the doctors getting to the patient. A short tussle until the doctor tells some anonymous orderly to get them out of the room. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 More of an American drama thing but teens sneaking out at night.1) They always get caught2) Why are the parents of 17 year olds not letting the weans outside after like 10pm?3) They always say they are furious and that there will be a massive punishment, but there never is and it’s basically forgotten about by the next episode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, The Golden God said: More of an American drama thing but teens sneaking out at night. 1) They always get caught 2) Why are the parents of 17 year olds not letting the weans outside after like 10pm? 3) They always say they are furious and that there will be a massive punishment, but there never is and it’s basically forgotten about by the next episode. In relation to this, American teenagers will always stay across the road or next door to their love interest certainly within a distance that both bedroom windows will be in clear view of each other Edited August 18, 2022 by Bert Raccoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 12 hours ago, The Golden God said: 3) They always say they are furious and that there will be a massive punishment, but there never is and it’s basically forgotten about by the next episode. "You're grounded." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 12 hours ago, The Golden God said: 2) Why are the parents of 17 year olds not letting the weans outside after like 10pm? In Hollywood, middle-class Americans are essentially children until they reach the age of 21, despite driving cars and holding down jobs. Made even weirder by the fact that they're always portrayed by people 25-30 years old. The wean and I were watching something the other night where a woman looked like she was mid-Thirties and her supposed daughter was just a few years younger. You get used to that kind of bizarre casting, but sometimes they can't help push it too far and you end up wondering when they're going to introduce the harrowing statutory rape backstory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 28 minutes ago, BFTD said: The wean and I were watching something the other night where a woman looked like she was mid-Thirties and her supposed daughter was just a few years younger. You get used to that kind of bizarre casting, but sometimes they can't help push it too far and you end up wondering when they're going to introduce the harrowing statutory rape backstory. Must re-read The Alan Clark Diaries... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 This may have been noted already Folk's childhood bedrooms are somehow totally preserved years after they have become an adult and moved out. Weirdly they are preserved from when the person was 10-12. So somehow the character lived in a child's room when they were a teenager, and their parents never alterted a single thing about the room. When I first moved out (to go to uni the first time) my older brother stole my room. When I moved out the second time (technically third, but anyway was to uni the second time) my parents totally changed the room and even changed the locks on the doors and didn't tell me. Third (technically fourth) and final time I moved out they chucked out pretty much everything (bed included) in the room and redecorated it multiple times. It's now being used as my old man's home office when he works from home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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