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You are watching something like ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]] 2: Hero of the Federation'' and it strikes you that you have heard every single line of this somewhere else. Every trope is presented without [[Subverted Trope|irony]] or [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledgment]]. ''All'' the situations and setups are clipped out of another story and pasted in as-is.

 

 

 

See also [[A Space Marine Is You]], a specific form of a Cliché Storm; see also [[Deconstructor Fleet]], for works that tear through dozens of tropes en route from Cliché Storm to originality. Compare [[Medieval European Fantasy]], a common setting in some Cliché Storms. Compare [[Strictly Formula]], [[Reconstruction]]. Compare and contrast [[Troperiffic]], which is a more fun version of this trope, although the lines between the two are blurry and kind of subjective.

* ''National Lampoon's Senior Trip'' is the bad/lazy version of this as the entire [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|class]] is just one big checklist of student cliches from the [[High School Hustler]] leader to [[The Stoner]] sidekick(s) to the [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] with special emphasis on [[Big Fun|Miosky,]] who's trying everything in his power to be the next John Belushi, plus [[Politically Incorrect Hero|"date a blonde Jap."]] The ''only'' saving graces to this film is Matt Frewer as their [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|teacher,]] [[Lilo and Stitch|Kevin]] [[The Kids in The Hall|McDonald]] playing an [[Ax Crazy]] Star Trek fan out to kill them and [[Tara Strong|Carla]] [[Catch Phrase|asking guys if they "want to screw."]]

* ''[[Christian Mingle]]''. E. Reid Ross of ''[[Cracked.com]]'' wrote in [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-reasons-new-christian-mingle-movie-will-be-hilarious/ 4 Reasons the New Christian Mingle Movie Will Be Hilarious] that the trailer of this film "May Have Set the All-Time Record for Cliches".

 

* [[Defied Trope|Defied]] by ''[[Codex Alera]]''. Yes, it is a story about a [[Farm Boy]] who becomes a sword-wielding badass, learns the magic system, gets a hot girlfriend, saves the world from an [[Exclusively Evil]] nonhuman menace, and is {{spoiler|secretly the incredibly magically powerful heir to the throne}}. But it ''isn't.'' Perhaps this is due to the [[Cool vs. Awesome]]. Or the unique magic system. Or the fact that all the races have been replaced by completely different and awesome things. Or that the main character is the [[Defied Trope]] of the [[Marty Stu]]. Or maybe because it was written by [[Jim Butcher]].

* ''[[In The Hall Of The Dragon King]]'' by Stephen Lawhead fits this to a T. Peasant boy who becomes heir to the throne? Check. Old, wise mentor figure? Check. [[Supporting Leader]]? Check. Completely evil, slightly insane villain who wants to take over the world? Check. [[Evil Prince]]? Check. Liberal use of both the [[Idiot Ball]] and [[Villain Ball]]? Check. Despite all that, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|it's still a rather well written book]].