>gunshot and hard cut to blackis there a hackier trope?
yeah>hard cut to black and THEN gun shot
>>219441292>is there a hackier trope?frogposting
>sound of a ekg machine beeping>slow, blurry fade in>character regains consciousness
>hand comes up with blood on it>shitskin voice: aaaaaaayaaaahaAAAAAAAAAauuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaahaaayaaaaahhhhhuuuuuuuuuuhuuuuuuuuuuuaaayyaaaaah
>>219441292>Wowza whoever this guy is, he just be super cool man, a male who is a man.>Reveal that this person was a woman the whole time>WOW
>>219441667>mystery badass dude's body suddenly becomes slender and grows tits for the face reveal scene
>give me 5 minutes!>you have 2
>>219441960>I only need 1
>>219441292Mary Sue's are the biggest hackneyed pos trope.
>>219441434You're finally awake
>you and what army
>trope
>Point gun at protagonist>"Sardonic line">Hit with butt of gun>Cut to black for KO>No one ever has brain damage from being hit with a blunt object hard enough to render them unconscious
>character is raped
>>219452761>character is raped>being "the raped" becomes his whole characterhate when this happems
It really hit me with The French Connection.
>>219441292>character gets thrown through / falls through a glass window>doesn't get sliced to shit and pass out from blood loss
>>219453956>Characters are in a brutal martial arts fight for several minutes >They still have all their teeth, and are able to walk afterwards
>car pulls to a stop>the breaks squeal
>>219452901>It really hit me with The French Connection.Any movies earlier than this use the trope?