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[[File:save christmas-wide 3587.jpg|link=Evil Inc.|frame|[[Saving Christmas]] is just that common.]]

{{quote|''"[[Lampshade Hanging|This is like that episode of]]... well, everything."''|'''Malcolm''' after scheduling a [[Two-Timer Date]], ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''}}

Hey, [[YKTTW|You Know That Thing Where]] [[Buffy-Speak|the one guy does the thing to the other guy, and then that stuff happens]]? Yeah, that one! Man, that one's great! I can't believe [[Do We Have This One?|we don't have this one]] already! I'd better suggest it.

For example, The Girl gets [[Prince Charming]] and lives [[Happy Ever After]]: The lead character in the story is [[Always Female|female]], and the main love interest is a Prince of some sort. Seen in "[[Cinderella (novel)|Cinderella]]", "[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]]", ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' (sorta), etc. The lead female may or not be a [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princess]] herself. She is just as likely to be firmly planted in the lower caste.

Also seen a million times is [[Save the Princess]]: The lead hero, usually male, rescues The Princess against all odds and overcomes the evil kidnapper. Seen in ''[[Mario]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' (President's daughter = princess), ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' (though it's just part of the main plot), ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', etc. You just know that if there's a princess in a video game, you will probably have to save her at some point.

Another is [[Enemy Mine|"Rivals Joining Forces"]]: The main good guy, and a previous main bad guy, are suddenly faced with a new, overwhelmingly powerful threat that aims to destroy them both. So what do they do? They join forces! Seen in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', etc.

Many tropes fall into the category of "Seen It a Million Times" which, in itself, is part of what makes them tropes to begin with. With '''Seen It a Million Times''', in particular, the trope in question has become so predictable that the viewer pretty much already knows how the plot will go upon seeing a few key elements of the tropes.

Ironically, if you've '''Seen It a Million Times''', you may actually struggle to think of examples, because you've stopped ''noticing'' it; it's just what happens.

Compare [[All The Tropes:No Trope Is Too Common|No Trope Is Too Common]], [[Discredited Trope]].

Contrast [[Too Rare to Trope]], [[People Sit on Chairs]], [[Not a Trope]].

Not to be confused with [[Saw Star Wars 27 Times]].

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