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20 answers for: Overused plotlines
RANKANSWERCLUE
TROPESOverused plotlines
ARCSMulti-episode plotlines
DENOUEMENTFinal part of a dramatic or literary work in which conflicts and plotlines are resolved; from French, 'unknot' (10)
HOLEPlotline inconsistency
COMASoap opera plotline, sometimes
DANGLERUnresolved plotline, slangily
ARCStory ___ (multi-episode plotline)
AFFAIRMany a soap opera plotline
STORYPlotline
ANGELFALLSPlotline from Paradise Lost cascades (5,5)
LABORPlotline in a landmark "I Love Lucy" episode
DEUSEXMACHINADevice in movies whereby a sudden intervention resolves a plotline (4,2,7)
PHONEBOOTHThis 2003 Colin Farrell thriller was set for November 2002 release but delayed five months because of the D.C. Beltway sniper attacks, which were too similar to its plotline
CLICHEIt's overused
STALELike an overused joke
INVALIDLike overused credit cards
OLDLike overused jokes
DULLEDLike overused razors
TRITESTMost overused
USEDOverused