People Share Unrealistic Things From TV And Movies That Wouldn't Work In Real Life

Have you ever seen something on TV and thought... that's just not right! Well these people thought so too

Mikayla

• Published in Film & TV
• March 16, 2020

How often are you sitting watching something on TV or in the movies and you think to yourself, "wait, that's not how that works" or "that's just ridiculous" ? Probably more often than you'd like to, surely. The truth is, although our favorite shows are inspired by real life and real people sometimes things are just a little too ... strange.

Thanks to this genius Reddit thread we now know some of the TV tropes that annoy people the most. What is it about these things that make them so unrealistic? Maybe it's the small details we see incorrectly portrayed over and over again, or perhaps its just the inconvenience of all of it. Either way, perhaps you're about to find someone who shares your little annoyance? Or maybe you'll find something new...

Lexxeffect says:

“Regaining consciousness after receiving CPR.”

Celesteshine says:

“People having copious amounts of time to spend with their friends, not being tired after work.”

Auto_Fac says:

“I am an Anglican priest.

We are never found lingering alone in candle lit churches late at night picking up service bulletins or books from pews.

Yet every movie shows priests and ministers puttering around dark churches cleaning up.”

SnippySky says:

“8 hours of travel and the character’s hair and outfit is still perfect.”

Lilflower says:

“If you are being attacked by multiple bad guys they will each wait there turn to attack. This shit bugs the heck out of me.”

JingleJangleG says:

“Weird nobody mentioned that in movies everybody always looks at each other while driving. And they move the damn driving wheel way to much while driving straight forward, pisses me off.”

The_Amazing_Username

“Everyone is young, especially doctors / professors/ specialists they all seem to be the top of their field with years of experience and they are all like 22…. and hot.”

BalckCaaaaat says:

“People on low incomes, e.g. students, living in expensive homes. I’m not necessarily talking about mansions, more like a large apartment in a big expensive city with no roommates.”

jumpinleg says:

“Turning on the tv or radio that happens to be covering the subject the characters were talking about. Unless you are talking about Sept 11 that would never happen.

Never discussing a meeting location, like for dinner.”

sunflore_7777 says:

“Women in high heels ALL day long. Sometimes they run in them to tackle a bad guy or to get away from a bad guy. The next day they put their non-swollen feet back in them without complaint.

Oh, women never sweat their makeup off. Their faces are never have a greasy sheen in Miami in August.”

brad-crop says:

“People opening their front door 3 seconds after an unexpected knock, like they’re just constantly standing behind the door, just in case.”

Everst says:

“When someone hides from bullets behind penetrable objects, like tables or a refrigerator door.”

lascielthefallen says:

“Women in action movies who drastically cut their own hair to change their appearance always end up with a fabulous style.”

Cszar says: (And has a good point!)

“Everything medical.

Being in a coma for weeks or months, waking up and walking around a day or two later? Ridiculous. We treat people that were in comas even for just “a few” weeks and it takes them forever to recover from it.

“his heart stopped beating” and “clear!” – don’t get me started on that.

In the rare cases when they do fake CPR – the actual CPR success rate is about 3%. Yes, 3%. That even goes for health professionals.

Spinal cord injuries: “a miracle, he can walk again”. No, no, no. Takes months and years, will stay severely impaired. It’s more like walking with crutches very slowly and not very far for the rest of his/her life.

Gunshot wounds, knife wounds never cause nerve damage. Nope. They do. Again: disabilities for the rest of your life.

No oxygen for more than 5 minutes (you can go for a longer time in extreme cold): permanent and severe brain damage. Can you guess it? That’s right: Severe disabilities for the rest of your life.

The good guy breaks a bone, is in a cast for weeks/months. Cast comes off – leg looks like new. Nope. It literally stinks (especially in summer), skin doesn’t look healthy and yes – massive loss of muscle mass and function. Good news: with enough training (we are talking weeks and months) – no disability!'”

lookoutforhtebadger says:

“Winning over a girl by making over-the-top, grand gestures (especially when she has already rejected you in the past).

Shattering bottles easily over someone’s head (don’t attempt it unless you want to possibly go to prison for murder).

In action sequences in general, taking an enormous amount of injury and then getting up with a few attractively placed bruises and cuts.

In particular, the trope of the bad guy who more or less needs to be thrown into a jet turbine to be destroyed, or he’ll somehow get back up again.

Characters who always have something witty to say and are never at a loss for words.”

marfou says:

“Finding a parking spot in front of the building you’re going into.”

Eat_Train_cade_IN says:

“Hero always get the best seat in a busy restaurant/dinner!”

PTertro says:

“Not eating the meal that is in front of you.”

IShallPetYourDogo says:

“How nobody in movies hurts their knuckles after punching someone, martial artist here and if you punch someone in the forehead like they do in the movies you’d probably just break your own fist,

hitting someone in the forehead is basically like punching a cinder block except the skull is actually harder…”

and lastly, eDgAR says:

“So many movies and shows have the trope of cutting the palm of your hand when blood is needed for some sort of ritual. It originated because it was an easy place for them to hide a blood packet back when special effects weren’t what they are today.

However, if you’ve ever had a cut on the palm of your hand you would know that’s a terrible place to make a wound because you pretty much lose the use of that hand and it can take a while to heal.

There are much better places to draw blood from yet we still see it all the time, hell I just saw it yesterday in the first episode of the new season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. And on top of that the characters are fine in the scenes after or in the case of shows like Supernatural and the 100, they are making fists and fighting with no problem.”

Mikayla