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15 Movie Cliché Supercuts That Poke Fun at Hollywood [VIDEOS]

via Mashable! by Amy-Mae Elliott on 4/16/11

Do you sigh every time you see an overused plot device or hear a tired old cliché trotted out on the silver screen? We do too. In what should be required viewing for all Hollywood scriptwriters, we're calling out the industry for its lack of imagination.

To poke some loving fun, we've curated 15 fantastic "supercuts" lovingly compiled by some talented YouTubers. This clips make fun of hackneyed lines and fatigued filmic scenarios that appear all too often.

Take a look through the video gallery below to see our selection and let us know in the comments below which movie clichés make you groan.

These compilations contain clips from hundreds of different films, some of which fall into the NSFW category.

1. "I Could Tell You But I'd Have to Kill You"

This translates to: "I could write an original line, but it would probably kill me".

2. "Get Out of There!"

A character telling a protagonist-in-peril to "get out of there" works well to really ramp up the "tension." It's often followed by a phrase from the next slide ...

3. "It's Gonna Blow!"

With or without a countdown timer, you're sure to hear "it's gonna blow" a few times in your movie-watching career. Enough times to make you wish it actually did explode so you could skip to the credits. Cue the slow-mo running/jumping heroes and expensive explosions.

4. "No Signal" (and Other Cellular Drama)

We guess everyone in Hollywood is on AT&T. We jest, of course. Scriptwriters just love the cellphone for the extra dollop of fear it can add to a "we're stranded" scenario.

5. "Let's Enhance"

In most cases, this wonder-tech doesn't even exist. This montage makes fun of a tired method for helping to crack a case. "Wait! What's that address on the document reflected in the pupil of the dead body that's just visible in the reflection of the rear view mirror through the window of the kidnapped girl's apartment?" Well done Captain Improbable, you've done it again.

6. The False Alarm

Now, this is a just by-the-book horror film trick. Lazy, even. Scare us with a clever script, not things falling out of cupboards.

7. "It's Showtime"

By the end of this edit, you'll have heard the phrase so often, we swear it will lose meaning.

8. The Mirror Scare

Yet another horror film cliché, seeing someone -- or worse still, something -- reflected in the mirror has been used a little too often in recent years. Here's some free advice. If you find yourself in a slightly unnerving situation stay away from mirrors. It's that simple.

9. "You Look Like Sh*t"

How many times have you actually told someone they resemble excrement? In Hollywood-land it happens all the time.

10. "Blah Blah Blah"

Jokingly described by its creator as "Hollywood scriptwriting at its best," watch out for a sweary blah blah half way through and a surprise Star Trek entry at the end.

11. "You're Off the Case"

In which the angry, uptight senior police person under pressure from above demands the gun and badge of the lower ranking cop with maverick methods. This will make no difference to the maverick cop who will continue to investigate, likely with help from a sympathetic colleague, and will almost certainly go on to solve the case.