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* The [[Alien Invasion]] has greatly fallen out of favor, in large part due to overuse, and also due to some really bad films. As a result, this type of film is never used seriously or very rarely, to the point that unless it's a parody, or is a throwback to prior eras, the use of the alien invasion film seems set to become a part of the past.
* While smoking had already been depicted as a bad thing for a while, [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]] was still used for any morally ambiguous [[Anti-Hero]] or [[Token Evil Teammate]], and was not solely a villainous trait. However, the early 2010s saw smoking gradually phased out even among those characters, to the point that the only character who would smoke would be a villain unless it was a [[Period Piece]].
* The use of [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]] has gradually become less clear cut from the mid 2000s and especially the 2010s, with the greater awareness of non-monogamous relationships and disconnect between
* Animal-based bloodsports are considered to be in the end of an age as of the early 2020s, or at the very least nearing the end of one. Animal-rights groups have been instrumental in limiting or banning the use of animals for various traditional fighting (such as cock-, dog-, and bullfighting) and racing sports (greyhound racing), which has seen many of these irreversibly decline - for one, greyhound racing was a national institution in the States during the forties and fifties, only to decline to just two tracks by 2021, with the owner being more than happy to close up shop as soon as possible. Zoos and circuses have also started to change drastically - some countries have outright banned sea animals from being kept in zoos and significantly reduced the allowed quotas for other animals, while traditional animal circuses have almost entirely went out of fashion, being instead displaced by new [[Cirque du Soleil]]-style shows; the Ringling Bros. Circus, one of the largest mainstays of the traditional circus, went into a long-term hiatus from 2017 to 2023; when they returned from the hiatus the animals were gone, and the whole show has been (somewhat) Cirque-ified.
* The [[Generic Doomsday Villain]], once a common trend in popular culture, began to fall in the late 90s and really dived in the 2000s and 2010s, as audiences began to criticize the villain's lack of personality. As a result, several forms of media have frequently gone out of their way to give villains at least something of a character, even if they can't speak, and the villain with no personality has become increasingly frowned upon, to the point it is unlikely to come back, barring those protected due to it being part of what the audience expects.
* The [[Most Common Superpower]], once a mainstay in the 20th century, is now in severe decline at least in the west,
* The [[Token Minority]] has been in a big decline since the 2010s, as it is widely criticized for having one minority person, contrasted with a cast full of white people. As societies have become more interracial, it has become more common for media to feature more minority characters instead of just one person, with the vast majority of media even going to the other extreme to have the [[Token White]] be in the minority. Similarly, simply stating a character's race and not showing any connection is now under more scrutiny, with media now going out of their way to emphasize their connection to their identity, instead of just stating a minority character's race and leaving it at that.
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