Common Movie and TV tropes. Add on.

[Milk N Cookies]

nerd has a crush on the hot chick, hot chick ignores until she needs something, she gets exposed, apologizes, nerd gets back with her.

Once again the plot to Love Don't Cost a Thing

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

mom and dad have a relationship ending argument, little kid becomes the voice of reason, they get back together

 

[threattonature]

Man and women who hate each other gets into a heated argument, argument leads to them all worked up and making out or fukking.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Strange man who is hero they didnt ask for...but hero they needed

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

-Police chief threatening/taking someones badge

-Twin imposter who does things to ruin the other twins character

-Seeing someone on Unsolved Mysteries or Americas Most Wanted who just happens to be your friend/family member's new love interest

-Accidentally killing a pet and replacing it

-Bully actually has a heart of gold

-"What if i was never born" sequence

-Teens in a convertible

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Young cop(s) messes up during routine patrol, cop gets a demotion but somehow ends up on a serious case anyway. Cop messes up again and gets fired/suspended, for some reason he continues to work on the case and saves the day.

 

[The Phoenix]

nerd has a crush on the hot chick, hot chick ignores until she needs something, she gets exposed, apologizes, nerd gets back with her.

This was Jesse Plemons' entire cyclical character arc in Friday Night Lights.

 

[jackswstd]

Ugly ducklings looking ugly because they dress funny or wear glasses. Case in point She's All That

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

guy dates girl, guys mother doesn't like girl, they break up, girl and mother make amends, guy and girl get back together

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Young cop(s) messes up during routine patrol, cop gets a demotion but somehow ends up on a serious case anyway. Cop messes up again and gets fired/suspended, for some reason he continues to work on the case and saves the day.

You just described like 30 episodes of Law and Order

 

[Milk N Cookies]

The fukk up winds up saving the day. All Pee-wee Herman movies & Ernest movies too.

 

[The Watcher]

- always ends up with the hottest, richest, most desired member of the opposite sex because they know how to poetry or art or are in some way "deep". Is also always broke and works at some part-time food/coffee shop job.

- never ends up with the hottest, richest, most desired member of the opposite sex because even though they are usually the funniest person in the movie, they do not know how to poetry or art or be "deep". Is also always rich as fukk and works an amazing job.


will always lose to broke ass

 

[Roid Jones]

Retired cop/soldier/special agent is the ONLY one that can solve the case.

Eastern Europeans villians wearing Adidas tracksuits

 

[Milk N Cookies]

Retired cop/soldier/special agent is the ONLY one that can solve the case.

Eastern Europeans villians wearing Adidas tracksuits

The foreign dude in Smokin Aces.

 

[re'up]

Frustrated/in too deep detective on a case destroys his desk after 'the system' fukks his case up again

See: 'Prisoners'

alcoholic/burnt out detective needed to solve on more case, called back into the fold....at some point is confronted by a former mentor/partner/superior 'YOURE OUT OF CONTROL'

See: 'Striking Distance'

tragic circumstances forces someone with a certain skill (be it police work, physcology, hostage negotiator) to not only give up that skill, but relocate entirely, where they end up getting drawn back in, and using their skills again

See: 'Color Of Night'