History Podcast / WeHateMovies

* MuggingTheMonster: Briefly discussed and argued about in the ''Film/{{Wolf}}'' episode, wherein Steve critiques the trope after mentioning its use in the film in question, arguing that it tends to create a DesignatedHero effect because the character being "mugged" is arbitrarily given license to kill people. In defense, Andrew argues that the "victim" is usually just minding their own business and the muggers start the fight, meaning that the victim is acting in self-defense, while Chris points out that, as in the trope name, the "victim" is also usually a ''monster'', and so isn't particularly concerned with the morality of killing to begin with. Steve concedes the points.

*** In a slight modification of this trope, Steve occasionally uses the film title "[[Literature/BoysLife This Boy's Life]]" as a verb referring to egregious physical child abuse, e.g. "He's This-Boy's-Lifin' him!"

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: As is perhaps to be expected of lifelong friends with a tendency to rib each other, old embarrassments tend to be gleefully brought up at any given opportunity. As only one example, Steve will probably not be allowed to forget that he once accidentally spat water on an audience member in the front row of a live gig any time soon.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In the ''Film/{{Stealth}}'' episode, Eric is utterly stunned when the others inform him that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan Tajikistan]] is a real country and not something the movie just made up (though everyone agrees that it's most likely nothing like the movie portrays it).

* SequelHook: They're fond of using "[[Film/SuperMarioBros You're not gonna believe this!]]" to mock bad films with over-confident or hubristic hooks for sequels which, as perhaps should have been seen sooner by the filmmakers, were never going to happen.

* DawsonCasting: Discussed in-universe in the episode on ''Literature/WintersTale'', wherein the fact that Colin Farrell is clearly almost in his forties is frequently brought up as a reason why the film doesn't work. In addition the fact that the age difference with the female lead, Jessica Brown Findlay, is rendered somewhat awkward due to the age difference between them, their dialogue, characterisation and the heavy emphasis on "true love" makes the characters seem quite young, making it odd when such sentiments are coming from a man who is clearly nearer middle-age.

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: The guys routinely pronounce a handful of everyday words in silly ways ("vill-AIN," "jewELS," "PRO-grum") [[CloudCuckooLander just for the hell of it]]. Some listeners occasionally [[ComicallyMissingThePoint don't get it]] and write in to correct them. Other listeners start [[TheTetrisEffect unconsciously saying them the same way.]]

** They tend to incorporate Creator/ChristopherLambert's sinister chuckle as [[Film/MortalKombat Lord Raiden]] into all their impressions of him ("Eh''hehhehhehheh'''.")

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe; as is perhaps to be expected of lifelong friends with a tendency to rib each other, old embarrassments tend to be gleefully brought up at any given opportunity. As only one example, Steve will probably not be allowed to forget that he once accidentally spat water on an audience member in the front row of a live gig any time soon.
** For Eric, he look like Shrek.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: To celebrate eight years of the podcast, the December 2018 line-up across their various shows was a "Bizarro Month" where, instead of the usual GuiltyPleasures, "So Bad It's Good" garbage and outright unwatchable disasters that their episodes usually focus on, the show celebrated movies and shows which were not only the hosts' personal favourites but which were also widely recognised to be classics (the main show, for example, focussed on ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuture''). To reflect this, the podcast was temporarily rebranded as "We Love Movies".

** Invoked again years later in the ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'' episode as the guys amuse themselves discussing ''Frenemies of the State'' (a.k.a. ''The Ex-Pats''), a theoretical reality series in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gerard Depardieu, Edward Snowden and Stephen Seagal share an apartment in Russia]].

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Discussed in the ''Sabotage'' episode, with Steve [[ShoutOut even going so far as to refer to it as a "trope"]] in his explanation.

* [[BestFriend Best Friends]]: The guys have known each other for many years and, despite all the [[DeadpanSnarker smart-ass remarks]] about one another, are clearly very fond of each other. In the ''Film/JurassicWorld'' episode, Steve is downright indignant when Eric describes seeing the movie with his two "best friends": "Dr. Pepper and Mr. Popcorn." They often use their real friendship as a basis for criticising the many idiotic and unrealistic things that Hollywood often depicts best friends doing; for example, Steve at one point insists that as much as he cares about his friends he will ''never'' sit them down and urge them to start a romantic relationship with someone, as countless romantic comedies depict, because as far as he's concerned that's none of his business.

-->'''Steve:''' How much chicken do you have to eat before it alters your brain chemistry?

-->'''Andrew:''' I'm doin' it! I'm [=DeLuise=]-laughin'!

* FormerlyFat: Deconstructed mercilessly in the ''{{Film/Madhouse}}'' episode, where the guys all denounce the cruelty of casting a fat child actor just to be a subject of mockery in a flashback sequence.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In the ''Film/{{Stealth}}'' episode, Eric is utterly stunned when the others inform him that Tajikistan is a real country and not something the movie just made up (though everyone agrees that it's most likely nothing like the movie portrays it).

* FetishRetardant: In-universe, many things intended to be sexy, but none more so than ''Blame It on Rio'', a "comedy" in which 51-year-old Creator/MichaelCaine plays a man having an affair with his best friend's teenage daughter, portrayed by a (frequently naked) underage actress. The guys even make multiple attempts to steer any new listeners away from the episode, lest they be scared off for good.

* AccentuateTheNegative: Played with; as the point of the podcast is to make fun of bad or subpar movies, naturally they tend to focus heavily on the bad parts that will get the most laughs. However, it's not just pure negativity or snideness; they usually are willing to take a moment at least to appreciate and praise something they legitimately enjoyed, be it a good scene, a talented performance, or just an actor who's been in better stuff. Furthermore, while they will mercilessly mock every movie they watch, they are willing to admit when they're willing to recommend a film to their audience (even if only on a [[SoBadItsGood you've gotta see this.]]" level) and will often do "bad" movies which they nevertheless unironically love (such as ''Film/HardTarget'' or ''Tuff Turf''). In December 2018, they debuted "We Love Movies" Month, in which the things they chose are classic films they all enjoy; this also spread to the Patreon-exclusive episodes they run.

** In the ''Film/WhileYouWereSleeping'' episode, Steve points out the film's heavy use of CannotSpitItOut as a plot device, critiquing at length the fact that the if the protagonist had just had a bit less weak-willed and had just explained the situation to the family of the man whose fiance she had been mistaken for, the movie would have lasted five minutes. Chelsea, Andrew's wife and the guest on the episode, immediately retorted that while this might be the case, she had personally witnessed Steve himself silently and meekly sit through plenty of awkward and embarrassing situations without speaking up because he was too weak-willed to do so, meaning he was possibly the last person who had the right to criticise anyone else on that score.

** In the ''Film/WhileYouWereSleeping'' episode, Steve points out the film's heavy use of CannotSpitItOut as a plot device, critiquing at length the fact that the if the protagonist had just had a bit less weak-willed and had just explained the situation to the family of the man whose fiance she had been mistaken for, the movie would have lasted five minutes. Chelsea, Andrew's wife and the guest on the episode, immediately retorted that while this might be the case, she had personally witnessed Steve himself silently and meekly sit through plenty of awkward and embarrassing situations without speaking up because he was too weak-willed to speak up, meaning he was possibly the last person who had the right to criticise anyone else on that score.

* MenDontCry: One of the letters from the mailbag read out on air concerned a young man who was unexpectedly overcome with emotion while watching the ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy with his friends, went upstairs to the bathroom to cry, and ended up spending so long up there the only thing he could think to do to explain the length was have a shower -- which promptly caused his friends to think that he'd soiled himself and had to clean himself up. Much the bemusement and flabbergast of our hosts, the writer of the letter decided [[SkewedPriorities he'd rather allow his friends to think he'd shit his pants while watching a movie with them than admit to crying]].

* MenDontCry: One of the letters from the mailbag read out on air concerned a young man who was unexpectedly overcome with emotion while watching a movie with his friends, went upstairs to the bathroom to cry, and ended up spending so long up there the only thing he could think to do to explain the length was have a shower -- which promptly caused his friends to think that he'd soiled himself and had to clean himself up. Much the bemusement and flabbergast of our hosts, the writer of the letter decided [[SkewedPriorities he'd rather allow his friends to think he'd shit his pants while watching a movie with them than admit to crying]].

* HypocriticalHumor: One letter sent in by a fan details how her friends brought along an obnoxious third wheel, "Frank", when going to the theater as teenagers; being unable to get into their preferred movie, ''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight'', she suggested going to see ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' in 3D, but Frank dismissed the idea, claiming they were "too old" for such stuff... before immediately deciding the group should watch the Dwayne Johnson vehicle ''The Game Plan'', a family comedy about a pro quarterback bonding with his estranged ballerina daughter. None of the guys can quite understand Frank's leap in logic, with Steve only able to theorize that when you have the mindset of a dumb teenage boy, [[AnimationAgeGhetto all animation seems like it's for babies]].

** The DesignatedHero and DesignatedVillain tropes particularly annoy them, especially when concerning obnoxious, oafish, {{manchild}}ish and even downright depraved or villainous protagonists whom the narrative treats as the greatest person ever despite their being in every objective way a horrible human being. Repeat offenders include Jim Belushi, Adam Sandler and Steven Seagal.

* CommanderContrarian: Chris Cabin is often referred to by the others as the World's Most Contrarian Film Critic, usually whenever he expresses an opinion that goes against the majority consensus, whenever they disagree with him about something or think that he's maybe being a bit too forthright and unyielding in his opinions. This stems from an article in [[https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/12/which-film-critics-are-the-most-contrarian-we-used-data-to-find-out/ Gizmodo]] which compared the Metacritic scores a selection of critics gave the movies they reviewed with the overall Metacritic scores those same films received in order to determine roughly which critics were most frequently out of step with the general consensus of their peers and the public. Chris, for what it's worth, actually came tenth, but this was nevertheless more than enough for his friends to find the situation both incredibly accurate and incredibly amusing. Discussed in the ''Film/{{Species}}'' episode when guest host Angelica Jade Bastién admitted that she often agreed with a lot of Chris's more contrarian viewpoints, leading to this exchange:

* CringeComedy: Many, many personal anecdotes related by the guys fall under this category, and they encourage listeners to send similarly awkward movie-related stories. Of special note is a letter from a fan detailing the time he worked a summer job at a bible camp as a teenager and was forced to watch ''Son of the Mask'' with another, fully-grown counselor who had become invested in the story, but was afraid that if he watched it alone, everyone might assume he was masturbating to such a "sexy" movie. The guys are ''horrified''.

** Mary Steenburgen's character in ''One Magic Christmas'', who is treated as TheGrinch by her family and the story for wanting a low-key Christmas when in fact she's the only one who seems to recognize and try to address her family's dire financial situation in a practical way.

** To be "Farina'ed" is to be ignominiously forgotten or left out of the "In Memorium" tribute at the Academy Awards, as infamously happened to Dennis Farina in 2014.

* TakeThat: Obviously, a good amount of the show is this; however, considering how much the conversations sometimes wander off-topic, there are times where the guys will end up doing this to unrelated subjects as well. They typically take the harshest aim at celebrities who are boorish or obnoxious in their personal lives, such as Alec Baldwin and James Belushi. The gang also notably has a very dim view of Creator/StanLee, and they will often do impressions of him as a self-promoting glory hound who steals credit from his colleagues.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Discussed under the blanket term "Fat Actor Syndrome", so as to include Kevin James, Jim Belushi, Larry the Cable Guy, ''et al''. Steve even adds a corollary, mentioning that the much more attractive wife / girlfriend / love interest [[HotTeacher is often a schoolteacher or social worker of some kind]], particularly in movies.

* TheUnpronounceable: A source of some irritation for the boys in the ''Film/Godzilla1998'' episode is the RunningGag of everyone being unable to pronounce Matthew Broderick's character's Greek name, since the name itself -- Tatopoulos -- is in fact incredibly easy to say, making this xenophobic on top of being a lazy joke. The gag probably hits a little close to home for some of the hosts, with names like "Szyszka."

** "CANNONBAWL!" for Creator/JimBelushi, referencing what they feel is his preferred method of entering a swimming pool.
** Matthew Broderick's characters tend to have a WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}-esque "Bawwwwwwwwwwww" to reflect their generally pathetic and self-pitying natures.
** They tend to incorporate Christopher Lambert's sinister chuckle as [[Film/MortalKombat Lord Raiden]] into all their impressions of him ("Eh''hehhehhehheh'''.")
** Any mention of Owen Wilson will have at least one of them, usually more than one, saying "Oh wow" in an impression of his voice.

* {{Bad Impressionist}}:
** Invoked; Eric's suggestion on how to do a [[Series/DaAliGShow Borat]] impression in public and not make everybody instantly hate you is to [[DullSurprise use the flattest tone of voice possible]].
** In general, our hosts freely admit that their impressions of various actors either tend to merge together, are ripped off wholesale from someone else or they just go with a completely different impression that they think is funny. For example, they lampshade how their impressions of Trickster from ''Brainscan'' are basically just Mark Hamill's version of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Joker]], that their impression of UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush is basically Creator/DanaCarvey's, and that their impressions of Creator/HollyHunter and Creator/GaryBusey are oddly identical.