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{{quote|''Avoid clichés [[Hypocritical Humor|like the plague]].''}}
 
A cliché[[Cliché]] is a phrase, motif, trope, or other element within an artistic work that has become common enough to be seen as predictable, tired, overused, and generally unfavorable. Such items tend to break [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] by calling attention to the lack of creativity on the part of the creator.
 
This is ''very'' subjective and dependent on the consumer's culture and knowledge level: Some American buying their very first issue of a Japanese [[Manga]] might find it new and exciting, but in the home country of Japan, the same manga may be considered old and tired. A person playing their first [[Role -Playing Game]] might not realize the [[Mysterious Waif]] is far from original. Even then, just through [[Popcultural Osmosis]] or a sort of "sixth sense", people not familiar with the cliché might be able to spot it as such.
 
In spite of the negative stigma, many clichés are fully accepted by the audience so long as they are [[Lampshade Hanging|specifically pointed out]]. Even then, it doesn't change the fact that it's present; just because a detective [[Lampshade Hanging|comments on]] how bad mystery novels have [[The Butler Did It|the butler revealed as the murderer]] doesn't change the fact that, well, [[The Butler Did It]].
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* [[Dead Unicorn Trope]] - The cliché is never used seriously, but it never was played straight in the first place.
* [[Grandfather Clause]] - Normally [[Discredited Trope]] or [[Dead Horse Trope]] can be played straight in a work which was made when the trope was cool.
* [[Necessary Weasel]] - Illogical trope is a building block of a genre.
* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]] - Quantity or quality of imitators make the work they're based on age badly.
* [[Trope Overdosed]] and [[Overdosed Tropes]]
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