Current Events > Phrases that pieces of media repeat that bother you.

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Essentially, an author or show that repeats specific phrases too much.

Sons of Anarchy really liked to use "reach out to XYZ" or "get in bed with XYZ," like two or three times an episode.

Jim Butcher can barely get through a book without someone running through a forest in a "mile-eating lope."

Well, that happened.

I feel like Butcher has a few others as well but it's been years since I last read a Dresden Files book.

I hate the way all news anchors talk the same.

Supernatural, scene 357

DEAN

We got to white-knuckle this red eye or that wendigo is gonna have us by the short and curlies

Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.

"Who is John Galt?"

"what are you doing, step-brother?"

Robert Jordan sure did like to describe women as having their arms folded beneath their breasts

Boiled leather

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Robert Jordan sure did like to describe women as having their arms folded beneath their breasts

*tugs braid*

Ask Mat or Perrin about it, they're better with women.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Robert Jordan sure did like to describe women as having their arms folded beneath their breasts

That's much better than the inordinate interest in women getting spanked.

EPR-radar posted...

That's much better than the inordinate interest in women getting spanked.

It's also better than basically everything that any woman does in a Terry Goodkind novel.

"And so it came to pass that everyone who's ever read the Book of Mormon got really fucking sick and tired of the phrase 'and so it came to pass'."

Buffy really loves "-thing". Like, "You're doing the angry thing" or "I'm busy with the slaying thing". They also use guy or girl similarly.

I was reading The Odyssey a few months back, and the phrase "we smote the sea with our oars" must have been used like 5-6 times

specialkid8 posted...

Buffy really loves "-thing". Like, "You're doing the angry thing" or "I'm busy with the slaying thing". They also use guy or girl similarly.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuffySpeak

DrizztLink posted...

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuffySpeak

I really like Whedon dialogue in other stuff but, man, someone really needed to reel him in on Buffy.

Sora, Donald, Goofy!

Catchphrases for characters. From Bart, The Fonz, Steve Urkel, etc...all of them

Not a phrase, but I absolutely hate with a fiery passion the stupid clunky sound effects that accompany a scene change in Seinfeld.

It is to this day the only reason I refuse to watch the show, because it turns my spine to glass every time I hear it.

"Hey guys, let's go down to the diner!"

BUH-DONG DING DOONG BA-DONG DING DOONG DOON

UUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH

"I was trying to protect you".

"Look what you made me do/ Why did you make me do this"?

I actually really like these tropes, and I genuinely do a small cheer when the second one is said. Shouts out to Professor Farnsworth and Omni-Man.

I always remember being annoyed at Vince McMahon's repeated use of "quite frankly".

It had the intended effect of having seem like the cold, no nonsense business first type, but he could have mixed things up a bit.

haloiscoolisbak posted...

I always remember being annoyed at Vince McMahon's repeated use of "quite frankly".

It had the intended effect of having seem like the cold, no nonsense business first type, but he could have mixed things up a bit.

Mentioning Vince McMahon made me remember his repeated use of "in that very ring".

Speaking of WWE whenever a wrestler interrupts a promo by repeating the other person's name multiple times as they walk out

"Sami, Sami, Sami"

When cops say "I'm not your bro" or "I'm not your dude"

They act like it's a marriage proposal or something. It really doesn't have to go both ways.

HANGtheDJ_86 posted...

When cops say "I'm not your bro" or "I'm not your dude"

They act like it's a marriage proposal or something. It really doesn't have to go both ways.

i'm not your dude, buddy

bigtiggie23 posted...

Sora, Donald, Goofy!

Drink every time someone says it.

I have a couple personal crutches as well. When I'm writing something, I won't realize until reading the chapter back that my characters spend a lot of time rolling/narrowing their eyes, grinning, and crossing their arms.

DrizztLink posted...

*tugs braid*

Ask Mat or Perrin about it, they're better with women.

There were also a lot of women called plump in the first few books, iirc. Seemed weird to me.

Bass posted...

There were also a lot of women called plump in the first few books, iirc. Seemed weird to me.

Dont yuck his yum.

Turbam posted...

Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.

Tbf, even once is too many times.

bigtiggie23 posted...

Sora, Donald, Goofy!

Riku!

Any unironic use of the phrase "the Heart." As in "I'm not doing this with my brain, I'm doing this with my heart." I just watched the Wild Robot and it was really good, but when they started talking about hearts, it gave me Kingdom Hearts flashbacks.

DrizztLink posted...

*tugs braid*

Ask Mat or Perrin about it, they're better with women.

Im no bloody hero!

I love all these though. Wheel of Time is my favorite.

when characters start off with "as you all know..."

well if they know, then why do you have to explain it? lol

"Be/Do better" is so eye rolling

legendary_zell posted...

Any unironic use of the phrase "the Heart." As in "I'm not doing this with my brain, I'm doing this with my heart." I just watched the Wild Robot and it was really good, but when they started talking about hearts, it gave me Kingdom Hearts flashbacks.

Yeah, that has always annoyed me too. Especially because the brain is responsible for both logic and emotion. I wonder why the heart organ got so much emotive romanticism attached to it. I'm guessing people thought the "soul" was linked to both heart and mind/brain for a time

The hearts just an indoor plumbing device lol

"It was a ____."
"A _____?"
"A _____."

haloiscoolisbak posted...

I wonder why the heart organ got so much emotive romanticism attached to it.

Most likely because heart rate increases when aroused/angry

It's not the car/mech/sword/gun; it's the driver/pilot/swordsman/gunman.

cannot watch an episode of criminal minds because they love saying unsub every other sentence

RoosterGold posted...

Speaking of WWE whenever a wrestler interrupts a promo by repeating the other person's name multiple times as they walk out

"Sami, Sami, Sami"

Seth Rollins sucks, read that in his voice.

Triple H has about a hundred of these predictable ticks.

"Hunter Biden's laptop"

MrResetti posted...

"It was a ____."
"A _____?"
"A _____."

Bendis speak

Smiffwilm posted...

Riku!

Jonathan! Charlotte!

idk how often he has used it, but in at least two of his movies, Spike Lee has used the line, "champagne (sham pain) for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends".

WingsOfGood posted...

I hate the way all news anchors talk the same.

i hate they have no regional accents butvi guess they have to lose their accent to get hired, such a shame

RoosterGold posted...

Speaking of WWE whenever a wrestler interrupts a promo by repeating the other person's name multiple times as they walk out

"Sami, Sami, Sami"

I noticed the other day while watching old clips of Evolution (so Randy, Batista and Hunter cutting promos) is that their slow manner of speaking, with lots of pauses, is just so they don't misspeak or lose their place.

But in kayfabe, it's presented as if its because they're so conniving and sinister so they speak like cartoon villians. It works I guess.

ayyy