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Voltaire2

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33. The 'irrational teenage daughter' trope.

Thu Feb 15, 2024, 12:38 PM

Feb 2024

(Sometimes the daughter happens to be the son, but that is pretty rare and still annoying.)
This is generally a massively lazy plot device. Also it is misogynist.

The ITD, for example, is told to not go out because 'the bad guys' are going to strike, but ITD has to go to the mall to see her friends. The bad guys capture ITD. Plot moves forward. Viewer stops watching.

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What scenes bug you in movies? [View all] bif Feb 2024 OP

I can't stand horror movies and all the screaming...................... Lovie777 Feb 2024 #1

I enjoy a good horror film once in a while bif Feb 2024 #2

couldnt stand the laugh track fron the 19 70s /80s and 90s AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #3

If I remember correctly about MASH MotorCityBeard Feb 2024 #41

Dark ones fargone Feb 2024 #4

Exactly... the pitch dark cinematography has made so many movies barely watchable in the theaters... hlthe2b Feb 2024 #6

Agree. Listened only to a movie the other day because 90% dark. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #34

The heroes running to their car to either catch a bad guy or Ocelot II Feb 2024 #5

Gratuitous and demeaning sex scenes where women FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #7

Couldn't agree with you more. What happened to love scenes. All young people see now is degrading, soft porn ratchiweenie Feb 2024 #17

Yep FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #18

And when people hang up a phone bif Feb 2024 #8

Especially if they hang up a cell phone and PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2024 #28

When it's bright and sunny outside grumpyduck Feb 2024 #9

Two in particular. LisaM Feb 2024 #10

Not eating AltairIV Feb 2024 #19

Grease: "Sandy let's get out of here" LeftInTX Feb 2024 #44

Microphones that feed back bcool Feb 2024 #11

When the driver of a car looks directly at the passenger for an extended period, tblue37 Feb 2024 #12

Also, when the driver of the car is shot & killed & the car continues down the road at breakneck speed. CrispyQ Feb 2024 #27

People who walk into a dark house nocoincidences Feb 2024 #13

In older films: a driver who exits a car via the passenger side. And movie computers. Auggie Feb 2024 #14

In the same scene, two people are hiking/running through the woods or working outdoors, Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #15

Clark Gable and Jane Russell BarbD Feb 2024 #23

When multiple sprinkler heads go off at once (fire suppression) Nittersing Feb 2024 #16

That bugs me too. I have even seen someone tripping a fire alarm and all of the sprinklers coming on. Chainfire Feb 2024 #30

Character sits down at a bar: "Gimme a beer." OilemFirchen Feb 2024 #20

People being chased by cars or trucks Farmer-Rick Feb 2024 #21

In a horror movie when people walk into a dark room and don't turn on the lights! beaglelover Feb 2024 #22

When the hero jumps into the water with boots on. BarbD Feb 2024 #24

The "argument about who's in charge" scenes and the "headquarters" scenes GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #25

When a group of lawmen...all white with one black...enter a dangerous Karadeniz Feb 2024 #26

People are always texting on their phone and you can't read doc03 Feb 2024 #29

Yes. That is a BIG issue for me. I don't own monstrous sized tvs so I rarely can read any of it. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #36

I've seen movies where it seems like half the dialogue is on screen bif Feb 2024 #37

Sometimes they show the texts in CC but rarely. nt doc03 Feb 2024 #38

I can't stand scenes that depict or suggest rape. Neither can I stomach torture. Chainfire Feb 2024 #31

Staring into a mirror KT2000 Feb 2024 #32

The 'irrational teenage daughter' trope. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #33

Gotta be the bustling family in the morning. ALWAYS around a kitchen island Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #35

Hiding from bullets behind a car door or a drywall wall Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2024 #39

Oh this is an easy one! intrepidity Feb 2024 #40

When the hero rushes to the hospital/office/government building MotorCityBeard Feb 2024 #42

In our family we call that the "Doris Day Parking Spot!" bif Feb 2024 #43

When it happens to us (which is very rare) MotorCityBeard Feb 2024 #46

bad lighting especially on TV yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #45