These are priceless, because I can think of plenty of examples of each in books, movies, TV shows.
Not necessarily bad tropes, but definitely well-worn ones to keep in mind.
Related to this, for you fantasists: http://the-toast.net/2015/01/23/tell-high-fantasy-novel/
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How To Tell If You Are In A Soft Science Fiction Novel
I think a lot of these were Stargate episodes.
How To Tell If You Are In A Soft Science Fiction Novel
Signs you might currently be a character in a soft science fiction novel.
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There are Core people and there are Rim people. Core people wear silver, gender-neutral clothing and love fascism and artificial light. Rim people wear floor-length WWII-era trench coats and love modified libertarianism.
Dave, if you were a robot, and I knew but you didn't, would you want me to tell you?
+Scott Randel Would I be programmed to want to know?
(As a general rule, though, yes.)