I hate that one trope where there's an alien or a guy from an isolated tribe that's never been to America, and they come to America and their new American friends show them shopping malls and fast food and the outsider is all "This is amazing! I love America!"

Just once I'd like this trope to be subverted with the alien or whatever spitting out the fast food and saying something like, "Oh god, what is this shit? It's giving me a heart attack!" or they go to a mall and are mortified by the advertising and that they have to slave away to afford any of it.

Are there any tropes you're tired of? They can be as dumb and petty as you want. It's fun to rip on pointless things sometimes.

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Just once I’d like this trope to be subverted with the alien or whatever spitting out the fast food and saying something like, “Oh god, what is this shit? It’s giving me a heart attack!”

    The Masters of the Universe movie did that. He-Man, Teela and Man-at-Arms hop through a dimensional portal and arrive in a small town in America, get fast food and learn, to their horror, that the patty on the hamburger is made from a dead animal. That movie was kinda weird in general, but it's cool that He-Man is canonically vegan. Skeletor's performance was pretty amazing as well in that one.