Snappy one-liners
Stock villains
Romance Or attempted romance.
This is a childrens' show?? Plot or themes reminiscent of a soap opera or drama. Anyway something not aimed at kids.
Spunky sidekick Particularly the redheaded variety.
Comic henchmen
"Could it be?...Nah!" They come THIS close to figuring out the superhero's secret identity, or something.
It's a trap!
"I've changed... really." Bad guy reforms or pretends to reform.
"We're not so different, you and I." Also: "We are two sides of the same coin."
Bam! Sock! Kazowie!
Hi-tech
Moralizing
"HUMOR"
"I'll explain later." Fuzzy or absent explanation.
Lack of motivation
Villain explains his plan
"Shooting you would be too easy." Villain decides to kill superhero in complexest possible way.
"Mwa ha ha ha ha!" Evil laughter.
It was all part of the plan It may have seemed like things were going badly for the hero, but really it was all part of the hero's secret plan, all along.
Lab Experiment ...gone horribly horribly wrong, yes.
Great Plan! Awful plan.
"Wow, it's --Man!" "Gee, I never thought I'd get to meet you in person, Golden Dragon!"
"No, it's too dangerous!"
Last-minute secret weapon If they had that power all along, why did they wait until the last possible moment to use it? They knew this guy was going to be trouble. If they'd wiped him out with the special, last-minute superblast thingy to begin with, they could have saved a lot of time.
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