In this thread, we are movie cliches

[LXA SE285]

I am ...

1) The greenery on the carrot sticking out of the paper grocery bag that is being carried through the door.

2) The stern African-American female judge who is NOT having shenanigans in her courtroom.

3) The sassy-but-sexless gay best friend.

4) The perfect hair and makeup on the woman who's just awakened from a night of toe-curling sex.

5) The Motown tune that underscores a lighthearted montage of the nerdy romcom heroine undergoing a makeover/going on a shopping spree.

[irishpipes]

I am a very famous person who desperately wants to be "just like everyone else" so I dress incognito and fall in love with a construction worker because his life is so normal.

[TonyB06]

I am the man who depite having had the entire movie to figure it out, realizes at the virtual last minute that I am, indeed, in love with her, just as she prepares to board the plane/train/bus (always on the complete opposite side of town), heading out of my life forever.

I race aross town, through security, only to have her see me just as the stewardess is about to close the cabin door.

[etadrisophila]

I'm the one in the frumpy outfit from the Goodwill saying "Well La Di Dah..."

[KillarneyRose]

I'm the quirky, free-spirited, yoga-practicing girl who makes uptight corporate guy loosen his tie and realize that he needs to be nicer to his underlings/reconcile with his father/sell his Park Avenue triplex and move into a yurt.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

I'm the quirky, free-spirited, yoga-practicing girl who makes uptight corporate guy loosen his tie and realize that he needs to be nicer to his underlings/reconcile with his father/sell his Park Avenue triplex and move into a yurt.

And you talk in a monotone and I want to smack the crap out of you every time I see you.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by 33girl

And you talk in a monotone and I want to smack the crap out of you every time I see you.

But that's okay because it's one of the occupational hazards of being adorable and childlike in an adult world.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

I'm the quirky, free-spirited, yoga-practicing girl who makes uptight corporate guy loosen his tie and realize that he needs to be nicer to his underlings/reconcile with his father/sell his Park Avenue triplex and move into a yurt.

Right before she dies.

Because Manic Pixie Dreamgirl always dies.

[WCsweet<3]

I'm the female protagonist who has been dying for the attention of a cute popular guy all movie. When he shows up at the end of movie, I turn around and mouth "me?" a

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

I'm the quirky, free-spirited, yoga-practicing girl who makes uptight corporate guy loosen his tie and realize that he needs to be nicer to his underlings/reconcile with his father/sell his Park Avenue triplex and move into a yurt.

Thanks to the power of Google, I just learned what a yurt is.

At first, I thought you were saying "yacht" in a really annoying way (staying in character), but then I realized that wouldn't really follow with the plot of the movie...

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Thanks to the power of Google, I just learned what a yurt is.

At first, I thought you were saying "yacht" in a really annoying way (staying in character), but then I realized that wouldn't really follow with the plot of the movie...

ROFL!!! Did you know there is an actual term for this type of character? It's called a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. This was a pretty interesting read:


http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...PixieDreamGirl

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

ROFL!!! Did you know there is an actual term for this type of character? It's called a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. This was a pretty interesting read:


http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...PixieDreamGirl

Great Website!

I am "Motherly Scientist" who finally lets her hair down and turns out to be "Hot Scientist" kicks butt in a lab coat....

[BraveMaroon]

I'm the crusty old/fatherly/loveable police chief who willingly looks the other way while you go on a high speed chase to apprehend the bad guy, even though I made you turn in your badge this morning.

Because I knew your father, who was killed while we were on patrol together, and his dying words were "Look after my boy...".

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

Because I knew your father, who was killed while we were on patrol together, and his dying words were "Look after my boy...".

And of course the dying father was only a week from retirement. sniff.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

And of course the dying father was only a week from retirement. sniff.

And the son didn't know the true, heroic nature of his father's death until the old partner filled him on the classified details....