Cliches, tropes, and trends that you actually enjoy?

[Dave McFly]

I think these belong here as they basically make fun of all the cliches of the Blockbuster and Action movie trailers and they hilariously brilliant!

 

[Breogan]

Edit: Forgot to add Bad Batch x 5

Are they going back to the well to many times on this one of late?

Badass, glum, emotionally closed-off male character who has a tragic backstory and eventually learns to open up to people again and develop a strong platonic bond with someone, especially with a kid.

The wandering Loner/Outsider and their Cub/"Adopted" Kid

Dick Tracy & The Kid - 852x8l.jpg
Batman & Robin - https://i.imgflip.com/9pzz82.jpg


Pascal, with Mandalorian and Last of Us; Mando & Grogu, Joel & Ellie, has for some reason currently become the poster boy for that narrative trope.
Though lots of fantastic ones informed it, from Greek Heracles and Iolaus to classic Knights & Squires, just to name a few favs;

1930s Comics:
Popeye & Swee'pee,
Tracey & Jr.,
Batman & Robin
Film:
1968 True Grit: Rooster Cogburn & Mattie Ross
1970 El Topo (starts off that way, yet then completely subverts it )
1970 obviously Lone Wolf and Cub
1981 Mad Max 2: Road Warrior slightly played at with the annoying Feral Kid, then even further with the whole Tribe in Thunderdome.
Does Indy & Short Round count ?
1986 Ripley & Newt in Aliens fem version underlying narrative.
1991 Terminator 2: somwhat takes on that role in Judgment Day
1994 Léon (a.k.a. The Professional)
1994- The Crow (& Sarah) does he count on a supernatural level?
2002 Road to Perdition

Well there it is, going back ...:

 

[Breogan]

"We're not in Kansas anymore" to denote a foreign world.

(love that he is from Kansas, surprised Dorothy and Toto never crossed-over with Superboy and Krypto)
Would love a list of all the Incidents/Films/TV that dropped this one.
Where was the first (outside of OZ obviously) to reference it?