r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MammothPenguin69 • 16d ago

Hated Tropes Stupid Contrived Survival Stories

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  1. 12 Feet Deep - Two idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST go swimming in a pool after it's closed. An incredibly contrived sequence of events happens so they get stuck in a pool. So the movie can happen.

  2. Frozen (not that one) - Three idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST get on a ski-lift after it's closed. To the point of bribing the operator who for some stupid reason doesn't say anything. Do the movie can happen. Also, Wolves are not that aggressive. They are typically shy and avoid humans.

  3. 47 Meters Down- Arguably the most believable scenario on this list. It's still really stupid.

  4. Fall- Two idiots decide to climb an abandoned radio tower without proper equipment that would make escaping their predicament trivially easy. Stop me if you've heard this one before

so the movie can happen.

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u/Tweed_Man 16d ago

That radio tower one sounds very plausible. People have died climbing and falling off of tall buildings without safety gear just to get selfies.

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u/The_Eternal_Wayfarer 16d ago

It sounds plausible because it's essentially the same dynamic of caving incidents.

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u/LightningFerret04 16d ago

Yeah plenty of free climbers and BASE jumpers have done stuff like this, and regular people trying to get pictures like you said

I still remember seeing the video of that one girl that filmed herself accidentally falling off of a crane

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u/Miami_Mice2087 16d ago

i used to climb everything i could when i was a teenager, and i wasn't an urban spelunker, just a former gymnast with ADHD. I probably wouldn't climb the WHOLE tower, but it was my deepest desire to get up on the school roof. Idek why. I just wanted to say i did it.