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/ZamorakHawk 16d ago

Yeah I've seen some of these movies where someone gets stuck in a situation that seems highly implausible.

There was this one I actually liked where a woman just got out of the shower and she had put some clothes in the dryer so they'd be warm when she got out. She goes to get them out of the dryer and for some reason goes waist deep to pull out the clothes. Y'know. So the movie can happen. Then she's stuck and can't pull herself out because she's packing a dump truck. She looks like unbaked biscuits stuffed inside a Pringles can.

Anyway a guy comes along to help her. I think it has a happy ending or something. Idk. I didn't make it till the end tbh.

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u/Individual-Spirit765 16d ago

I might have seen that. Was the helpful guy her stepbrother?

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u/ZamorakHawk 16d ago

20 years ago it was just her brother. But they wanted to get the incest crowd and the unkinky crowd with the same video. Wider potential audience, y'know?

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u/AreYouThereSagan 15d ago

I think I saw that movie, too. Pretty sure the guy was her step-brother or something. Idk, I stopped watching about the same time you do.

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u/SelectSympathy5718 15d ago

That sounds familiar but I also didn’t finish the movie. I would love if someone knows how it ends.

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u/PainStorm14 15d ago

He helps her get out of the dryer?

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u/Special-Investigator 10d ago

this made me cackle before work, mad thanks lad