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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Sometimes [[averted]], but Hilton still gets the facts confused or misinterprets a plot device, and thus ends up misrepresents the films sometimes.

* [[Downer Ending]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the ''[[Winter's Bone]]'' script:

{{quote| '''JOHN HAWKES''': Yeah, this ending is getting a little too happy. This is an Indie movie, your options are [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet]] or fucking miserable. }}

{{quote|'''JOHN HAWKES''': Yeah, this ending is getting a little too happy. This is an Indie movie, your options are [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet]] or fucking miserable. }}

* [[Genre Savvy]]: The cast in the scripts tend to be aware of the genre they're in and will state the role they fill in the movie.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: How Robert Langdon's methods of finding each element location is depicted in ''[[Angels and Demons]]''. Subverted for the water element:

{{quote| '''AYELET ZURER''': Wait let me try one. Okay, so this guy was chained up… chains are often used for construction work… the fourth cardinal is at a construction site!~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''AYELET ZURER''': Wait let me try one. Okay, so this guy was chained up… chains are often used for construction work… the fourth cardinal is at a construction site!

'''TOM HANKS''': What? Don’t be stupid. The fourth element is water, so he’s in a fountain. }}

* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: Called "Macguffium" in the ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' script and "Plotresolvium" in ''[[Chronicle]]''.