Terra Nova/YMMV


 * Cliche Storm / Trope Overdosed
 * Complete Monster: Lucas, whose motives in no way excuse his behavior. He's hell-bent on destroying Terra Nova simply to one-up his father, who he blames for the death of his mother. More specifically, he casually threatens to murder if she doesn't obey him. He only gets worse in the finale.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Admit it, Nathaniel Taylor is the real protagonist of this show.
 * Iron Woobie: Taylor. His wife dies in what is suggested to be very poor circumstances (he was ready to commit suicide over the fact) which in turn causes a life-long hatred towards him by his son. And then
 * The Scrappy: Josh is overall considered pretty unlikable mainly from the pilot.
 * Tear Jerker:
 * To some extent,
 * Too Dumb to Live: Tasha. The other teenagers are pretty bad too  . It was like a checklist for a slasher movie.
 * Josh is a pretty high contender too, almost to the point where "Rebel" becomes synonymous with "idiot."
 * Did Not Do the Research about what life will be like there. ("Allosaurus? That's a meat eater, right?")
 * Does not drink the fluid designed to acclimate his body to the new biosphere because it doesn't taste good.
 * Grabs a fruit because he's craving solid food but has no idea how to open it.
 * Distracted By the Sexy into going outside the walls (hey, remember that allosaurus you were scared of before?)
 * Drinks alcohol in a wild environment full of predators.
 * Of course, as far as the Terra Novans knew, that area was off limits for no reason. Skye only found out about it being "Slasher territory" (even if that isn't the real reason...) at the end of the first episode, and she's been there for years. It's not as if Josh can be expected to know what is and isn't off limits if she doesn't. Makes no sense that he doesn't get sick, though.
 * To be fair, this was all in the pilot. Having a near-death experience seems to have balanced Josh out a little.
 * Unfortunate Implications: Terra Nova is, to put it bluntly, a military dictatorship led solely by Commander Taylor. Not only does he make all political decisions, he also acts as judge, jury, and executioner in criminal matters. Yet the series treats this as pretty close to an ideal state. Jim even says that Commander Taylor's method of handling trials is much better than the judicial system back home, where the accused actually has rights.
 * On the other hand, he actually handles it well for the most part, and shows no real signs of going off the deep end, despite the odd Properly Paranoid Well Intentioned Extremist moment. On the whole, he's probably better than whatever they all left behind, despite the undeserved near-worship from the colony.
 * Too Good to Last: Sorry.
 * At the same time, Netflix is in preliminary discussions to pick up the show. It did have very good DVR ratings during its run, after all.
 * X Meets Y: Lost meets The Lost World
 * Lost meets Monster Hunter
 * Jurassic Park meets Avatar
 * Jurassic Park meets Avatar meets Lost meets The Lost World meets Land of the Lost meets Earth 2 meets Stargate meets Lost in Space ...
 * Avatar meets Sea Change.
 * Jurassic Park meets Avatar meets Lost meets The Lost World meets Land of the Lost meets Earth 2 meets Stargate meets Lost in Space ...
 * Avatar meets Sea Change.