TV clichés
I'm trynna make a running tab of all the sitcom cliché plots.
~The "Reverse Sexism" ep. A boy tries out for something female oriented. Usually a pageant. He usually wins.
Ejemplos: Screech wins Miss BaySide, Dwayne tries out for Miss Hillman, though he didn't win.
~The Old Flame ep. An old bf/gf comes back and raises concern with the current gf/bf. The current bf/gf usually allows the old bf/gf to date their SO "one last time to see if there are still sparks." There's never any sparks.
Ejemplo: Slater's old gf from Europe while he dated Jessie.
~The Kids Say The Darnedest Things ep. Parent attempts conversation with child about "birds and bees." Kid actually knows more about sex than parent.
~The "Hey, homeless/poor kids have brains, too!!!!" ep. "Troubled"/homeless kid turns out to be a wunderkind.
Ejemplos: Leo DiCaprio's character on Growing Pains (can't think of the name and with him it's more of a syndrome than an ep 'cause he stayed on), Cougar on A Different World & the little girl who was acting up in Whitley's class.
~The Desperately Seeking Cuteness syndrome. Youngest child on show grows up (usually once they hit high school age), new child arrives in home.
Ejemplos: Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch, Olivia on The Cosby Show, Morgan on Boy Meets World (she left then came back I think).
~The Men and Women Can't Just be Friends syndrome. If the cast is ensemble, despite how incompatible the people may be there will be multiple hook-ups of almost every combination possible, sometimes ALL combinations possible. The two least likely people to be together will always be one of those pairs.
Ejemplos: Dwayne and Whitley, Ron and Freddie, Max and Kyle & Jessie and Slater.
~The Scrooge ep. Come X-Mastime someone will be the designated "grinch." By the end of the ep they will have learned a "valuable lesson" about "the true meaning of X-mas."
Ejemplo: Whitley won't let Freddie spend the holiday with her.
~The She Loves me, She Loves Me Not syndrome. One character pursues and/or pines after another character for a long time. After a while, they give up. Then the pursued/pinned after one gains interest.
Ejemplos: Principal Grier and Steve & Ross and Rachel.
~The Man-Eater ep. A woman guest stars and a male character falls for her not knowing that she has a "love 'em and leave 'em" rep. He's too blinded by "love" and/or beauty to realize that he's getting gamed. Another female cast member (who is at least slightly interested in that guy) ends up somehow interfering or helping the lovesick dude. Yet lovesick dude still gets his heart broken.
Ejemplos: Steve and Regina's college friend, Kyle and Nia Long's character & Ron and Whitley's bucktoothed "cousin." (<---- one of my fave eps)
Do y'all know of any? Dee, I KNOW you got some for me!!
~The "Reverse Sexism" ep. A boy tries out for something female oriented. Usually a pageant. He usually wins.
Ejemplos: Screech wins Miss BaySide, Dwayne tries out for Miss Hillman, though he didn't win.
~The Old Flame ep. An old bf/gf comes back and raises concern with the current gf/bf. The current bf/gf usually allows the old bf/gf to date their SO "one last time to see if there are still sparks." There's never any sparks.
Ejemplo: Slater's old gf from Europe while he dated Jessie.
~The Kids Say The Darnedest Things ep. Parent attempts conversation with child about "birds and bees." Kid actually knows more about sex than parent.
~The "Hey, homeless/poor kids have brains, too!!!!" ep. "Troubled"/homeless kid turns out to be a wunderkind.
Ejemplos: Leo DiCaprio's character on Growing Pains (can't think of the name and with him it's more of a syndrome than an ep 'cause he stayed on), Cougar on A Different World & the little girl who was acting up in Whitley's class.
~The Desperately Seeking Cuteness syndrome. Youngest child on show grows up (usually once they hit high school age), new child arrives in home.
Ejemplos: Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch, Olivia on The Cosby Show, Morgan on Boy Meets World (she left then came back I think).
~The Men and Women Can't Just be Friends syndrome. If the cast is ensemble, despite how incompatible the people may be there will be multiple hook-ups of almost every combination possible, sometimes ALL combinations possible. The two least likely people to be together will always be one of those pairs.
Ejemplos: Dwayne and Whitley, Ron and Freddie, Max and Kyle & Jessie and Slater.
~The Scrooge ep. Come X-Mastime someone will be the designated "grinch." By the end of the ep they will have learned a "valuable lesson" about "the true meaning of X-mas."
Ejemplo: Whitley won't let Freddie spend the holiday with her.
~The She Loves me, She Loves Me Not syndrome. One character pursues and/or pines after another character for a long time. After a while, they give up. Then the pursued/pinned after one gains interest.
Ejemplos: Principal Grier and Steve & Ross and Rachel.
~The Man-Eater ep. A woman guest stars and a male character falls for her not knowing that she has a "love 'em and leave 'em" rep. He's too blinded by "love" and/or beauty to realize that he's getting gamed. Another female cast member (who is at least slightly interested in that guy) ends up somehow interfering or helping the lovesick dude. Yet lovesick dude still gets his heart broken.
Ejemplos: Steve and Regina's college friend, Kyle and Nia Long's character & Ron and Whitley's bucktoothed "cousin." (<---- one of my fave eps)
Do y'all know of any? Dee, I KNOW you got some for me!!