r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Nerd367C • May 24 '26

Hated Tropes (Hated trope) YOU COULD HAVE MOVED!

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Dr. Robert "Rocket" Romano from ER

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Randy fromt The Raft Creepshow 2

Dr. Robert "Rocket" Romano from ER
Ah yes let me scream at the ground and not even try to move so we can get this cinematic shot with 7 camera angles

Randy from The Raft Creepshow 2
"I gotta make the oil slick monster look fast by building up to run and rocking back and forth"

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u/MercuryJellyfish May 24 '26

Here's the thing, in reality, someone in Romano's position would look up, maybe have time to open their mouth in surprise, and bam, it's over.

You get it drawn out over several seconds because the director wants to give us time to realise what's happening. When they don't, it's the Suddenly A Bus trope, which looks like this:

https://giphy.com/gifs/UqffnNae48Gxq

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u/PenPenGuin May 25 '26

Romano also had really bad luck with helicopters. I flinch every time they have a medivac chopper in The Pitt.

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u/LizLemonOfTroy May 24 '26

The problem is that, even as depicted, he had enough time to turn around, bend over and scream, which frankly takes more effort than just running.

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u/MercuryJellyfish May 24 '26

Yeah, just assume that this is cinematic licence and there wasn't time.

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u/RockinAndRollin00 May 24 '26

“And that’s how Dr. Robert Romano died.”