r/TopCharacterTropes • • 16d ago

Hated Tropes Stupid Contrived Survival Stories

  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.

16.0k Upvotes

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

98

u/Godsgiftcardtowomen 16d ago

Sure it looks silly, but this thing really happened to a friend of mine, his Dad and the cricket that was supposed to be watching him.

9

u/kinnay047 16d ago

Shouldnt you be working in the salt mines, donkey.

1

u/bringbacksherman 13d ago

“How could you let this happen?”

“I’m a cricket! The fuck you want me to do?”