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# One or more of the characters always has an obsession with contemporary popular culture of the audience's era. They usually have a love of music such as Rock and Roll or Jazz. They also love modern sports such as baseball despite the fact that few people play it in their era. And the classics such as Shakespeare seem to be universally known. The human characters' tastes in food and drink are usually identical to ours in the present. There appears to be no popular culture of their own or even evolution of music, cuisine, art, literature, or sports in future eras.[[note]]In cases where one of the the characters has an interest in rock and roll music, it is always the classic mainstream American or transatlantic style (mostly Elvis, Springsteen, Rolling Stones, ect) and never subgenres such as metal, punk, alternative, progressive or even ironically, space rock; possibly because these subgenres are regarded as foreign (British, European for example). The same holds true for Jazz where characters only like one style of classic lounge-style instrumental.[[/note]].
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### Biblical events.
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### The moment of creation.
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## Time The ability to visit Biblical events or real life religious figures such as Jesus, Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), or Mohammed is restricted to alien time travellers are unable to visit[[note]]due to fear of only. And these visits can only happen offscreen[[note]]to avoid offending any audience members or readers[[/note]]:
### Biblical events.
### Figures of real life religious significance (Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed) althoughmembers[[/note]], so humans will just have to take their word for it. In fact, humans who do attempt, for example, to visit Jerusalem during the hypothetical period of 30-33 AD will always somehow either get it wrong or keep [[MissedHimByThatMuch missing him by that much]].
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### The moment of creation.
### Any being that can be undoubtedly confirmed to beencountered a famous historical figure only because [[YouDontLookLikeYou they look nothing like the real "God".popular images of them]].
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### The moment of creation.
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'''Section III: Overused Story Events and Plot Devices'''
# Discussions, ending with a joke, about how [[ObstructiveBureaucrat bureaucracies]] are the same everywhere in the galaxy.
# The most intelligent course of action is precluded by orders from a [[StupidBoss high-ranking ignoramus]], on the basis of a [[InsaneTrollLogic transparently flawed rationale]].
# [[PhlebotinumBreakdown Technological malfunction as a plot device]].
# The [[MagicCountdown timer count-down]] on the Bad Guy Device being stopped by the hero with [[JustInTime bare seconds left]].
# [[FirstContact Alien contact is perceived or regarded as a spiritual/quasi-religious experience]].
# Aliens who are vastly more intelligent and advanced than we are, but we beat them anyway by [[RockBeatsLaser "ingenuity,"]] [[{{Determinator}} plain guts]], or [[FlawExploitation exploiting]] an AchillesHeel.
# A [[TeenGenius teenage genius]] [[GadgeteerGenius discovers an entire new field of science, and builds practical devices that use it, in his bedroom]].
# The [[DarkAndTroubledPast psychological trauma]]/[[{{Tsundere}} attitude problem]] of female character is [[DefrostingIceQueen cured]] (or at least temporarily relieved) by a [[IntimatePsychotherapy Dose of Good Luvin']] from the hero.
# [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Persons of different species interbreed without difficulty]].
# [[AuthorFilibuster The author lectures the viewer/reader]]; the lecture takes the form of a Platonic Dialogue between two characters, or of the Cosmic Message from the Ultra-enlightened Aliens to the Great Unwashed Human Masses.
# [[AncientConspiracy A conspiracy develops, involving lots of people, and remains secret for an extended period of time]].
# [[ExpospeakGag The author attempts to wittily euphemize the phrase "go screw yourself" by referring to it as "a physiologically impossible act".]]
# The availability of firearms notwithstanding, swordfighting returns as a significant method of combat.
# A [[TomatoSurprise Big Surprise]] awaits the reader/viewer at the end of the tale:
## [[EarthAllAlong The Barbaric Society is really post-cataclysmic Western civilization.]]
## [[AdamAndEvePlot The man and woman who flee from a doomed civilization and start rebuilding on the third planet of a medium-sized yellow star are named Adam and Eve.]]
## The alien children, slaves, or pets are really the parents, masters, or owners.
## The head of Terran government is a [[FakeKing disguised Bad Guy]] or is under direct control of the Bad Guys.
## A major figure in the conflict is really another major figure in disguise.
## [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill The Kindly Benevolent Aliens are neither.]]
## [[NewEden The reputedly inhospitable Outdoors is not only inhabitable, but markedly better.]]
## It was {{all just a dream}}/game/[[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation simulation]].
## [[GenghisGambit The alien threat was just a hoax to unite humanity.]]
## [[AncientAstronauts An ancient civilization was actually founded by space aliens.]]
## [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy A major historical figure (Jesus, Einstein, Lincoln, Elvis) was really a space alien.]]
## The apparently-human leader of the robot/cyborg army [[RoboticReveal is also a robot or cyborg, and this becomes apparent when his/her/their/its "skin" falls off]].
# Telepaths [[PowerPerversionPotential use their power to achieve a heightened sexual experience]].
# Telepaths are regarded as witches or lunatics, and are [[BurnTheWitch dealt with accordingly.]]
# [[PubertySuperpower Inherited supernatural power (telepathy, lycanthropy, etc.) becomes pronounced at the onset of puberty.]]
# Humans leave for the stars, [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet forget all about Earth]], and rediscover it later.
# No matter how slowly the monster shambles along, or how quickly the victim runs, the monster is [[OffscreenTeleportation always right behind the victim]] when they trips or encounters an obstacle.
# When fleeing danger, [[BrokenHeel females trip over their own shadows]] while men can sprint without caution.
# [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum An alien artifact imbues human(s) with incredible abilities.]]
# A fighter pilot, upon destroying an alien vessel, yells "[[MilitaryMaverick yeeeeeeee-haaaaaaa!]]"
# [[ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll The time traveller helps the future society mellow out by introducing music from his period.]]
# [[YouCantFightFate Time travellers go back in time to prevent some Bad Thing from happening and in the process actually cause the Bad Thing to happen.]]
# Time travellers go back in time to prevent some Bad Thing from happening; [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they succeed, but cause something worse to happen]].
# [[YourMindMakesItReal When a player gets "killed" in a virtual reality simulation, they also die in real life.]]
# A [[SillyReasonForWar war gets started over a stupid misunderstanding]] between two sides that otherwise have no reason to fight, and no effort is made to resolve the crisis diplomatically.
# [[ForeverWar The two opponents in a war have been fighting for so long that they've forgotten how the war got started in the first place]], [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption but no effort is made to resolve the crisis diplomatically]].
# The two opponents in a war have been fighting for decades/centuries/millenia; the main characters end the war peacefully in a matter of days or hours.
# [[HumansAreSpecial Humans have a special quality that makes us unique, so that even superbeings can learn something from us.]]
# A pet survives the disaster, and is discovered at the end of the story.
# [[RockBeatsLaser So-called elite forces get their butts kicked by a smaller, less well-armed force.]]
# A scientist develops an AI computer system that can understand natural language and draw inductive conclusions from incomplete data, and [[ReedRichardsIsUseless uses it on projects far less practical and/or profitable than such a computer would be.]]
# Someone gets healed by contact with aliens (often by a [[HealingHands laying on of hands]]).
# The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy businessman]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney refuses to recognize that his dangerous product/service will screw him over long before he can hope to make a profit]].
# [[BlackDudeDiesFirst The monster kills/eats the token black guy first.]]
# [[GodGuise Explorers are greeted as gods by the natives, who cling to this belief in spite of everything the explorers do and say.]]
# [[CrazyCulturalComparison An alien custom throws humans into confusion]], [[FantasyCounterpartCulture even though one or more human cultures share the custom and have followed it for centuries.]]
# [[FantasticRacism Low-brow white male human bar patron of the future spouts bigoted remarks that wouldn't be tolerated today]], while protagonists look on in silent dismay at the "dark side" of the human race.
# [[TouchedByVorlons A person's physical impairments vanish when they are possessed by the Alien Entity.]]
# A technologically advanced race conquers a technologically inferior race, and [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture puts them to work doing things that the conqueror's machines can do far more efficiently]].
# The gang of cute and/or misfit kids rescue the universe, where [[AdultsAreUseless a large group of competent, organized and well-armed adults failed.]]
# The aliens' plan to exterminate the human race is stopped at the last moment when they notice a human exhibiting some virtue, such as [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove love]], humor, etc.
# A fellow has Super Powers, but can only use them [[BerserkButton when he is emotionally agitated.]]
# The protagonists destroy the entire social structure and governmental system of the society they encounter, and [[WhatTheHellHero only a few old fuddy-duddies complain.]]
# A problem involving an alien is resolved in a manner dependent on [[BizarreAlienBiology the unusual and heretofore-unknown location]] of [[GroinAttack the alien's reproductive organs]].
# [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong The human abdomen is an ideal incubator for Alien Eggs/Spawn, and this has no apparent effect on the host until the Alien Spawn erupts from their stomach in a messy fashion.]]
# No matter how large a ship is, any monster let loose on board will learn its way around in an hour's time, enabling it to sneak up behind its victims without fail.
# A female antagonist [[HighHeelFaceTurn changes sides]] after receiving a [[SexFaceTurn Dose of Good Luvin']] from the hero.
# The crewmember who is {{brainwashed}} or otherwise [[TheMole subverted into sabotaging/betraying the ship]] is [[WelcomeBackTraitor allowed to return to duty]], with no concerns that they remain a security risk.
# Resolving the imminent threat to mankind requires that the drunken has-been get sober.
# [[AllAmazonsWantHercules A high-ranking matriarch, in a society that oppresses men, falls for the Hero's rugged charms.]]
# A crewmember [[NotHimself has a radical change of personality]], but the few people who notice [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight don't seem particularly bothered by it]].
# Human spies are sent to [[TheInfiltration infiltrate an alien society]] in order to better understand it.
# [[EvilPowerVacuum When the Evil Overlord dies, none of his surviving henchmen move into the power vacuum; instead, his empire collapses.]]
# The Good Guys, after a setback, launch their counterattack with the help of members of a Rastafarian-like culture.
# [[DisneyVillainDeath The death of the Bad Guy involves a long fall.]]
# At some point the protagonists must enter a hostile region called The ForbiddenZone.
# When the Heroes destroy [[MasterComputer the computer that runs an entire society]], [[NoEndorHolocaust it's considered a good thing for the members of that society]].
# When an ordinary crewmember [[AGodAmI transforms into the Enlightened Being of Cosmic Power]], he [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence departs the scene]] instead of staying around to help out his still-human buddies.
# A society of humans adopts [[DesignerBabies an artificial means of reproduction]] (such as cloning), forgets about sex and intimacy, and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove has to learn about it at some later point]].
# [[PossessionImpliesMastery Any weapon can be picked up and used by anyone, no matter how lacking they are in training and/or upper-body strength.]]
# When defeat is imminent, it is avoided by a strategem, tactic, or weapon that [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum could just as easily been used at the start of the fight]].
# Away teams going on dangerous missions [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything are comprised of irreplaceable members of the ship's crew]], such as the captain, medical chief, chief engineer, etc. [[RedShirt Expendable flunkies]] are left behind to mind the store.
# [[NextSundayAD Time travel from the future into modern times winds up in the year of the show's production.]]
# Any class of people having superpowers will be persecuted by [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer normal humanity.]]
# [[RedShirt The lowest-ranking members of any mission team are doomed.]]
# [[UltimateJobSecurity A starship captain disobeys a direct order from a superior. When the dust settles, he's still a starship captain.]]
# The episode ends with [[ChessMotifs the two arch-enemies playing a game of chess]].
# Malignant aliens land in densely-populated regions, and are [[MuggingTheMonster instantly targeted by a criminal (who is fatally defeated)]]. Benevolent aliens land in the boondocks.
# After a remonstration from the Good Guys, the Great Dictator confesses that [[WellIntentionedExtremist he was merely trying to keep order]], and reforms.
# The possessed human exhibits [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]].
# The crewman in the leaky spacesuit is rescued with [[JustInTime seconds]] of air to spare.
# The stranded heroes come across a crashed space vessel. The ship is returned to a serviceable condition after only a little bit of repair work.
# [[FanOfThePast The characters in the distant future are interested in the period of Earth history during which the story was written.]]
# The time-traveler gets [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only one chance]] to change the past or the future, instead of repeating the trip as many times as necessary.
# In spite of chronic crewmember deaths and a complete lack of new personnel, there is no lack of manpower. Nor is the performance of TheCaptain called into issue.
# [[HumanPopsicle Cryogenically frozen people]] are never thawed on schedule. They are either revived way, way too early or way, way afterwards.
# The conquering aliens are dependent on [[{{Unobtainium}} a very rare resource]] to maintain their empire. Earth has some of it.
# Overused time travel cliches:
## Travelers to the future get in trouble, and people in the present race against time to save them (which makes no sense since they have at least their own lifetimes to plan the rescue.)
## Someone finds a note written by their future selves.
## On returning to the present, the travelers find evidence that their trip already happened.
## The future keeps getting worse the farther you go.
## Even accidental trips to the past never go farther back than the dinosaurs.
## The number of ancestors met on a trip to the past is directly correlated to the number of the team sent.
## When traveling to the past, you are guaranteed to meet someone the average American aged 18-35 has heard of. Some guaranteed celebrities:
### Year 30: UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
### 800-1200 AD: KingArthur.
### 1600's: Creator/{{Shakespeare}}.
### 1800's: UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Literature/SherlockHolmes[=/=]Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.
### 1940: [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]], UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
## No matter how far forward or back you go, you always end up in the same geographic spot, ignoring movement of geological plates and Earth itself.
## WorldWarIII was/will be a historical fact.
## Regardless of the time, everybody speaks English and if humans are still the ruling class, Caucasian. Brown people are still poor.
## The time you traveled from will be viewed as either a) a land of technological wizardry (for the past,) or b) a shameful time of ignorance, racism, and bigotry (for the future.)
## Newspapers you find will always give you the exact date of your arrival, and are usually found within seconds of arriving.
## Time travelers, on their first trip, usually have a [[MercyInvincibility bubble of safety that prevents their immediate death for at least a day or two]].
## On trips after the first, it is usual to appear in the middle of a pitched battle or be attacked by natives.
## It is impossible to prevent the damage, theft, or energy loss of the time machine. However, two out of the three can never occur simultaneously, e.g. it is never damaged after being stolen.
## If the timeline can be changed, it's a comedy.
## If the timeline can't be changed, it's a tragedy.
## Nobody uses drugs in the future or past.
## It is always assumed that "naturally," once time travel is discovered, it will be two-way.
## [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet Meeting yourself in the past is always considered "A Very Bad Thing."]] Rationale will vary though, with a 75% chance of invoking one of the Laws of Thermodynamics. For works after 1991, there is a 50% chance of "[[ButterflyOfDoom the butterfly effect]]" and/or "chaos theory" being the rationale.
## Whenever the heroes have to disguise themselves in Nazi uniforms, they can get away with it as long as they are White even if the actors themselves have features that knowingly fall outside Nordic traits (the Caucasian strain mostly associated with Aryan).
## Time travellers from the future who come to our present will always be FishOutOfWater allowing for comedic moments. They never bother to research the era's culture to avoid making fools of themselves.
## Non-White characters who travel back in time always somehow avoid encountering racial prejudice or even anyone commenting on their race unless the story was written to address the issue of racism.
## Time travellers regard UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution as their favorite time period.
## Unlike in reality, the English spoken by natives during the European Middle Ages is completely understandable to modern time travellers. It is typically nothing more than modern UK received pronunciation or cockney accents laced with [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe liberal Thees and Thous]].
## A time traveller will almost always leave an object that is a valued gift or heirloom with someone they meet in a travel to the past. Or they may have to sell it to get money for living expenses in the past. The rationale for parting with the object is always either
### They know that it will eventually come into their possession again in the future.
### It was always hinted that there was a story behind that object that no one really knew...until now.
## Ignoring the so-called "Limelight Effect" which is supposed to keep too many time travellers away from historical events that don't plausibly allow for their presence. ("Doctor Livingston I presume..and who are your friends?"). Such occurences are always somehow kept out of offical chronicling of the event via {{Handwavium}} or some sort of variation on IWasNeverHere .
# [[SpaceshipSlingshotStunt Gravity assists being treated as something desperate and unprecedented.]]
# SuspendedAnimation being used as a method to contain incarcerated criminals. It never occurs to anyone that being able to sleep through your sentence is not quite the same punishing experience for criminals as would be the daily aspects of a life without freedom. After all, prison is supposed to be punishment. Also, since aging does not occure while spending time as a HumanPopsicle, life sentences are pointless and the inmate may actually outlive his victims and original jailers.
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'''Section III: Overused Story Events and Plot Devices'''
# Discussions, ending with a joke, about how [[ObstructiveBureaucrat bureaucracies]] are the same everywhere in the galaxy.
# The most intelligent course of action is precluded by orders from a [[StupidBoss high-ranking ignoramus]], on the basis of a [[InsaneTrollLogic transparently flawed rationale]].
# [[PhlebotinumBreakdown Technological malfunction as a plot device]].
# The [[MagicCountdown timer count-down]] on the Bad Guy Device being stopped by the hero with [[JustInTime bare seconds left]].
# [[FirstContact Alien contact is perceived or regarded as a spiritual/quasi-religious experience]].
# Aliens who are vastly more intelligent and advanced than we are, but we beat them anyway by [[RockBeatsLaser "ingenuity,"]] [[{{Determinator}} plain guts]], or [[FlawExploitation exploiting]] an AchillesHeel.
# A [[TeenGenius teenage genius]] [[GadgeteerGenius discovers an entire new field of science, and builds practical devices that use it, in his bedroom]].
# The [[DarkAndTroubledPast psychological trauma]]/[[{{Tsundere}} attitude problem]] of female character is [[DefrostingIceQueen cured]] (or at least temporarily relieved) by a [[IntimatePsychotherapy Dose of Good Luvin']] from the hero.
# [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Persons of different species interbreed without difficulty]].
# [[AuthorFilibuster The author lectures the viewer/reader]]; the lecture takes the form of a Platonic Dialogue between two characters, or of the Cosmic Message from the Ultra-enlightened Aliens to the Great Unwashed Human Masses.
# [[AncientConspiracy A conspiracy develops, involving lots of people, and remains secret for an extended period of time]].
# [[ExpospeakGag The author attempts to wittily euphemize the phrase "go screw yourself" by referring to it as "a physiologically impossible act".]]
# The availability of firearms notwithstanding, swordfighting returns as a significant method of combat.
# A [[TomatoSurprise Big Surprise]] awaits the reader/viewer at the end of the tale:
## [[EarthAllAlong The Barbaric Society is really post-cataclysmic Western civilization.]]
## [[AdamAndEvePlot The man and woman who flee from a doomed civilization and start rebuilding on the third planet of a medium-sized yellow star are named Adam and Eve.]]
## The alien children, slaves, or pets are really the parents, masters, or owners.
## The head of Terran government is a [[FakeKing disguised Bad Guy]] or is under direct control of the Bad Guys.
## A major figure in the conflict is really another major figure in disguise.
## [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill The Kindly Benevolent Aliens are neither.]]
## [[NewEden The reputedly inhospitable Outdoors is not only inhabitable, but markedly better.]]
## It was {{all just a dream}}/game/[[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation simulation]].
## [[GenghisGambit The alien threat was just a hoax to unite humanity.]]
## [[AncientAstronauts An ancient civilization was actually founded by space aliens.]]
## [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy A major historical figure (Jesus, Einstein, Lincoln, Elvis) was really a space alien.]]
## The apparently-human leader of the robot/cyborg army [[RoboticReveal is also a robot or cyborg, and this becomes apparent when his/her/their/its "skin" falls off]].
# Telepaths [[PowerPerversionPotential use their power to achieve a heightened sexual experience]].
# Telepaths are regarded as witches or lunatics, and are [[BurnTheWitch dealt with accordingly.]]
# [[PubertySuperpower Inherited supernatural power (telepathy, lycanthropy, etc.) becomes pronounced at the onset of puberty.]]
# Humans leave for the stars, [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet forget all about Earth]], and rediscover it later.
# No matter how slowly the monster shambles along, or how quickly the victim runs, the monster is [[OffscreenTeleportation always right behind the victim]] when they trips or encounters an obstacle.
# When fleeing danger, [[BrokenHeel females trip over their own shadows]] while men can sprint without caution.
# [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum An alien artifact imbues human(s) with incredible abilities.]]
# A fighter pilot, upon destroying an alien vessel, yells "[[MilitaryMaverick yeeeeeeee-haaaaaaa!]]"
# [[ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll The time traveller helps the future society mellow out by introducing music from his period.]]
# [[YouCantFightFate Time travellers go back in time to prevent some Bad Thing from happening and in the process actually cause the Bad Thing to happen.]]
# Time travellers go back in time to prevent some Bad Thing from happening; [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they succeed, but cause something worse to happen]].
# [[YourMindMakesItReal When a player gets "killed" in a virtual reality simulation, they also die in real life.]]
# A [[SillyReasonForWar war gets started over a stupid misunderstanding]] between two sides that otherwise have no reason to fight, and no effort is made to resolve the crisis diplomatically.
# [[ForeverWar The two opponents in a war have been fighting for so long that they've forgotten how the war got started in the first place]], [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption but no effort is made to resolve the crisis diplomatically]].
# The two opponents in a war have been fighting for decades/centuries/millenia; the main characters end the war peacefully in a matter of days or hours.
# [[HumansAreSpecial Humans have a special quality that makes us unique, so that even superbeings can learn something from us.]]
# A pet survives the disaster, and is discovered at the end of the story.
# [[RockBeatsLaser So-called elite forces get their butts kicked by a smaller, less well-armed force.]]
# A scientist develops an AI computer system that can understand natural language and draw inductive conclusions from incomplete data, and [[ReedRichardsIsUseless uses it on projects far less practical and/or profitable than such a computer would be.]]
# Someone gets healed by contact with aliens (often by a [[HealingHands laying on of hands]]).
# The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy businessman]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney refuses to recognize that his dangerous product/service will screw him over long before he can hope to make a profit]].
# [[BlackDudeDiesFirst The monster kills/eats the token black guy first.]]
# [[GodGuise Explorers are greeted as gods by the natives, who cling to this belief in spite of everything the explorers do and say.]]
# [[CrazyCulturalComparison An alien custom throws humans into confusion]], [[FantasyCounterpartCulture even though one or more human cultures share the custom and have followed it for centuries.]]
# [[FantasticRacism Low-brow white male human bar patron of the future spouts bigoted remarks that wouldn't be tolerated today]], while protagonists look on in silent dismay at the "dark side" of the human race.
# [[TouchedByVorlons A person's physical impairments vanish when they are possessed by the Alien Entity.]]
# A technologically advanced race conquers a technologically inferior race, and [[WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture puts them to work doing things that the conqueror's machines can do far more efficiently]].
# The gang of cute and/or misfit kids rescue the universe, where [[AdultsAreUseless a large group of competent, organized and well-armed adults failed.]]
# The aliens' plan to exterminate the human race is stopped at the last moment when they notice a human exhibiting some virtue, such as [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove love]], humor, etc.
# A fellow has Super Powers, but can only use them [[BerserkButton when he is emotionally agitated.]]
# The protagonists destroy the entire social structure and governmental system of the society they encounter, and [[WhatTheHellHero only a few old fuddy-duddies complain.]]
# A problem involving an alien is resolved in a manner dependent on [[BizarreAlienBiology the unusual and heretofore-unknown location]] of [[GroinAttack the alien's reproductive organs]].
# [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong The human abdomen is an ideal incubator for Alien Eggs/Spawn, and this has no apparent effect on the host until the Alien Spawn erupts from their stomach in a messy fashion.]]
# No matter how large a ship is, any monster let loose on board will learn its way around in an hour's time, enabling it to sneak up behind its victims without fail.
# A female antagonist [[HighHeelFaceTurn changes sides]] after receiving a [[SexFaceTurn Dose of Good Luvin']] from the hero.
# The crewmember who is {{brainwashed}} or otherwise [[TheMole subverted into sabotaging/betraying the ship]] is [[WelcomeBackTraitor allowed to return to duty]], with no concerns that they remain a security risk.
# Resolving the imminent threat to mankind requires that the drunken has-been get sober.
# [[AllAmazonsWantHercules A high-ranking matriarch, in a society that oppresses men, falls for the Hero's rugged charms.]]
# A crewmember [[NotHimself has a radical change of personality]], but the few people who notice [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight don't seem particularly bothered by it]].
# Human spies are sent to [[TheInfiltration infiltrate an alien society]] in order to better understand it.
# [[EvilPowerVacuum When the Evil Overlord dies, none of his surviving henchmen move into the power vacuum; instead, his empire collapses.]]
# The Good Guys, after a setback, launch their counterattack with the help of members of a Rastafarian-like culture.
# [[DisneyVillainDeath The death of the Bad Guy involves a long fall.]]
# At some point the protagonists must enter a hostile region called The ForbiddenZone.
# When the Heroes destroy [[MasterComputer the computer that runs an entire society]], [[NoEndorHolocaust it's considered a good thing for the members of that society]].
# When an ordinary crewmember [[AGodAmI transforms into the Enlightened Being of Cosmic Power]], he [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence departs the scene]] instead of staying around to help out his still-human buddies.
# A society of humans adopts [[DesignerBabies an artificial means of reproduction]] (such as cloning), forgets about sex and intimacy, and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove has to learn about it at some later point]].
# [[PossessionImpliesMastery Any weapon can be picked up and used by anyone, no matter how lacking they are in training and/or upper-body strength.]]
# When defeat is imminent, it is avoided by a strategem, tactic, or weapon that [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum could just as easily been used at the start of the fight]].
# Away teams going on dangerous missions [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything are comprised of irreplaceable members of the ship's crew]], such as the captain, medical chief, chief engineer, etc. [[RedShirt Expendable flunkies]] are left behind to mind the store.
# [[NextSundayAD Time travel from the future into modern times winds up in the year of the show's production.]]
# Any class of people having superpowers will be persecuted by [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer normal humanity.]]
# [[RedShirt The lowest-ranking members of any mission team are doomed.]]
# [[UltimateJobSecurity A starship captain disobeys a direct order from a superior. When the dust settles, he's still a starship captain.]]
# The episode ends with [[ChessMotifs the two arch-enemies playing a game of chess]].
# Malignant aliens land in densely-populated regions, and are [[MuggingTheMonster instantly targeted by a criminal (who is fatally defeated)]]. Benevolent aliens land in the boondocks.
# After a remonstration from the Good Guys, the Great Dictator confesses that [[WellIntentionedExtremist he was merely trying to keep order]], and reforms.
# The possessed human exhibits [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]].
# The crewman in the leaky spacesuit is rescued with [[JustInTime seconds]] of air to spare.
# The stranded heroes come across a crashed space vessel. The ship is returned to a serviceable condition after only a little bit of repair work.
# [[FanOfThePast The characters in the distant future are interested in the period of Earth history during which the story was written.]]
# The time-traveler gets [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only one chance]] to change the past or the future, instead of repeating the trip as many times as necessary.
# In spite of chronic crewmember deaths and a complete lack of new personnel, there is no lack of manpower. Nor is the performance of TheCaptain called into issue.
# [[HumanPopsicle Cryogenically frozen people]] are never thawed on schedule. They are either revived way, way too early or way, way afterwards.
# The conquering aliens are dependent on [[{{Unobtainium}} a very rare resource]] to maintain their empire. Earth has some of it.
# Overused time travel cliches:
## Travelers to the future get in trouble, and people in the present race against time to save them (which makes no sense since they have at least their own lifetimes to plan the rescue.)
## Someone finds a note written by their future selves.
## On returning to the present, the travelers find evidence that their trip already happened.
## The future keeps getting worse the farther you go.
## Even accidental trips to the past never go farther back than the dinosaurs.
## The number of ancestors met on a trip to the past is directly correlated to the number of the team sent.
## When traveling to the past, you are guaranteed to meet someone the average American aged 18-35 has heard of. Some guaranteed celebrities:
### Year 30: UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
### 800-1200 AD: KingArthur.
### 1600's: Creator/{{Shakespeare}}.
### 1800's: UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, Literature/SherlockHolmes[=/=]Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.
### 1940: [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]], UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
## No matter how far forward or back you go, you always end up in the same geographic spot, ignoring movement of geological plates and Earth itself.
## WorldWarIII was/will be a historical fact.
## Regardless of the time, everybody speaks English and if humans are still the ruling class, Caucasian. Brown people are still poor.
## The time you traveled from will be viewed as either a) a land of technological wizardry (for the past,) or b) a shameful time of ignorance, racism, and bigotry (for the future.)
## Newspapers you find will always give you the exact date of your arrival, and are usually found within seconds of arriving.
## Time travelers, on their first trip, usually have a [[MercyInvincibility bubble of safety that prevents their immediate death for at least a day or two]].
## On trips after the first, it is usual to appear in the middle of a pitched battle or be attacked by natives.
## It is impossible to prevent the damage, theft, or energy loss of the time machine. However, two out of the three can never occur simultaneously, e.g. it is never damaged after being stolen.
## If the timeline can be changed, it's a comedy.
## If the timeline can't be changed, it's a tragedy.
## Nobody uses drugs in the future or past.
## It is always assumed that "naturally," once time travel is discovered, it will be two-way.
## [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet Meeting yourself in the past is always considered "A Very Bad Thing."]] Rationale will vary though, with a 75% chance of invoking one of the Laws of Thermodynamics. For works after 1991, there is a 50% chance of "[[ButterflyOfDoom the butterfly effect]]" and/or "chaos theory" being the rationale.
## Whenever the heroes have to disguise themselves in Nazi uniforms, they can get away with it as long as they are White even if the actors themselves have features that knowingly fall outside Nordic traits (the Caucasian strain mostly associated with Aryan).
## Time travellers from the future who come to our present will always be FishOutOfWater allowing for comedic moments. They never bother to research the era's culture to avoid making fools of themselves.
## Non-White characters who travel back in time always somehow avoid encountering racial prejudice or even anyone commenting on their race unless the story was written to address the issue of racism.
## Time travellers regard UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution as their favorite time period.
## Unlike in reality, the English spoken by natives during the European Middle Ages is completely understandable to modern time travellers. It is typically nothing more than modern UK received pronunciation or cockney accents laced with [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe liberal Thees and Thous]].
## A time traveller will almost always leave an object that is a valued gift or heirloom with someone they meet in a travel to the past. Or they may have to sell it to get money for living expenses in the past. The rationale for parting with the object is always either
### They know that it will eventually come into their possession again in the future.
### It was always hinted that there was a story behind that object that no one really knew...until now.
## Ignoring the so-called "Limelight Effect" which is supposed to keep too many time travellers away from historical events that don't plausibly allow for their presence. ("Doctor Livingston I presume..and who are your friends?"). Such occurences are always somehow kept out of offical chronicling of the event via {{Handwavium}} or some sort of variation on IWasNeverHere .
# [[SpaceshipSlingshotStunt Gravity assists being treated as something desperate and unprecedented.]]
# SuspendedAnimation being used as a method to contain incarcerated criminals. It never occurs to anyone that being able to sleep through your sentence is not quite the same punishing experience for criminals as would be the daily aspects of a life without freedom. After all, prison is supposed to be punishment. Also, since aging does not occure while spending time as a HumanPopsicle, life sentences are pointless and the inmate may actually outlive his victims and original jailers.
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