Television Cliiches

if you get addicted to drugs it a) happens in one episode and b) takes a further episode to get 'clean' and be perfectly normal again (usually about two weeks later)
 
Another one- If someone underage has sex or a woman has a one night stand she they become pregnant.
In Holby (i'm sorry but it's a favourite of mine) no woman is allowed to have a healthy child. They either die or have an accident that requires surgery. Fingers crossed for Chrisie's baby!
Male doctors are usually hanRABome.
Every gay person comes out in a dramatic fashion and is never met with an "OH , we knew" or "Who cares?".
In American drams you are either a geek or a bitch. No one is ever just a normal kid at school.
It always snows at christmas!
 
When a single man walks into a busy bar or club there is always a free seat at the bar next to a young single attractive woman who is cradling an empty drink. They will always be served immediately. Man and woman always hit it off and they never have to shout to be heard above the music.
 
True - a cliche in itself.
Moving from say, Walford to Manchester is the equivelent of a Victorian sailing off to New Zealand - never to be seen or spoken of again:rolleyes:
 
If anyone is travelling by train as they arrive at the station their train is either there waiting or just pulling in. They never have to wait for one.

In a hospital scene frienRAB/ relatives will be sat outside the room of the ill person. Another friend/relative will come running down the corridor which runs at 90 degrees. They will see the others and slam the breaks on. They never seem to be told which ward they are on, and the ward is never signed.
 
Any form of sex scene is about as far from true life as possible.

1. Both reach climax at the same time, no-one ever finishes first and then goes to sleep leaving the other to finish alone.

2. It never slips out and has to be put back in.

3. Coitus is never delayed by diaphram removal and/or going downstairs to find a condom. Ditto lubrication.

4. No strange squelching noises.

5. On the rare occasion a man is shown full frontal in a raunchy scene with a woman, he's never risen to the occasion.

6. No wet sheets.
 
There was an episode of either "Small Wonder" or "Punky Brewster" (I forget which - it was a long time ago), where a character started chewing tobacco and developed throat cancer, from doing so, all in the same episode.
 
And said detectives, or lawyers, only ever working on one case at a time. And if they do work on two, then they are linked usually with the same person comitting both crimes.

Conversely, hospital workers work 24/7 (Casualty). Everything interesting happens on their shift and the staff on the other shifts are just invisible.

Same applies to the crew on Star Trek. Same people man the bridge 24/7.
 
CSI's go around the crime scene wearing latex gloves but nothing to cover their clothing or hair Hmmm & still manage not to contaminate the crime scenes!
 
Men and women who end up with each other always start out hating each other. Neighbours is a classic example of this. Also a Neighbours staple: any competition between men and women will be won by the women no matter what it involves.
 
In a fight to the death, psychopaths have to be 'killed' at least three times before they will actually die.

In TV dramas, middle-class people only drink red wine. Everyone else knocks back beer straight from the bottle.

In soaps, the barperson remembers everyone's favourite drink, so they only have to say 'the usual, please'. No-one actually finishes their drink, though - they are all rich enough to be able to leave half of it behind when they stalk out after an argument.

Everyone gives the correct money in pubs and shops, with no need to wait for any change to be counted out.
 
Doctors on Australian soaps are never specialist in only one field of medicine they can deliver your baby, diagnose you with cancer, bandage your leg, give you a gynae examination, anything you need to know they are an expert in it.

In detective dramas (and most movies), an old miserable detective on the verge of retiring is given 'one last' assignment and are always given a young eager detective to work with. These two will hate each other to begin with but after one saves the others life they will be best frienRAB by the end of the episode (or movie)
 
I saw it at home on BBC2 in the 90's! The first time I saw a woman giving birth on television was when I was about 7 and stumbled across some CH4 programme in the early evening. I still cross my legs to this day and doubt i'd be able to give birth:o



That was quality- I wondered what that weird lumpy looking bag was until the woman revealed all:eek:
Some red "juice" squirted out too. I know they say it's a beautiful thing but...
 
Same as Mrs Marple. Never invite her to visit as someone is sure to die. You'd think people would stop inviting her.

No matter where and when Dr Who turns up he always stumbles on an an alien plot to take over the world within 5 minutes.
 
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