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# [[File:McCormick Sleep.svg|15px]][[File:Delta-shield.svg|11px]] A problem involving an alien is resolved in a manner dependent on [[Bizarre Alien Biology|the unusual and heretofore-unknown location]] of [[Groin Attack|the alien's reproductive organs]].
# [[File:Bull icon 05.svg|15px]] [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|The human abdomen is an ideal incubator for Alien Eggs/Spawn, and this has no apparent effect on the host until the Alien Spawn erupts from their stomach in a messy fashion.]]
# [[File:Vraagteken.svg|9px]][[File:Delta-shield.svg|11px]] No matter how large a ship is, any monster let loose on board will learn its way around in an hour's time, enabling it to sneak up behind its victims without fail.
# [[File:Pig icon 05.svg|15px]] A female antagonist [[High Heel Face Turn|changes sides]] after receiving a [[Sex Face Turn|Dose of Good Luvin']] from the hero.
# [[File:Bull icon 05.svg|15px]][[File:Delta-shield.svg|11px]] The crewmember who is [[Brainwashed]] or otherwise [[The Mole|subverted into sabotaging/betraying the ship]] is [[Easily Forgiven|allowed to return to duty]], with no concerns that they remain a security risk.
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==Tropers' additions to this list==
# Overused time travel cliches:
## [[File:Bull icon 05.svg|15px]] Travelers to the future get in trouble, and people in the present race against time to save them (which makes no sense since they have at least their own lifetimes to plan the rescue.)
## Someone finds a note written by their future selves.
## On returning to the present, the travelers find evidence that their trip already happened.
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