Examples
Please add at least 1 example for each point. It will make the meaning much easier to get across.
StabbyStab 00:35, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
Do you mean that we should link to a story that uses it? Or if it's an omnipresent meme(like the scary song thing), can you just mention the most common manifestation of it(the Lavender Town theme)?
MothmanVQX 00:41, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
Any of those would work
StabbyStab 11:33, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
i can but the link would be broken, does that matter?
LemmiwinksWasHere 22:18, September 27, 2011 (UTC)
The ultimate irony is that "cliché" itself is a cliché. The definition of cliché is something that is so overused that it's lost its meaning. The way this page uses the word "cliché" is not in that meaning. These examples are just overused writing techniques. They have no meaning, and therefore they cannot be clichés.
(The Messenger)
Good job
Very good list of "what not to do/only do if you must." I actually lose all interest in a "serious" pasta if they use the word "hyperrealistic". And the "creepy music on repeat"? THE GAME PLAYS IT ON REPEAT ANYWAY. I'll definitely let you know if I think of anything that be good to add. -King Starscream 15:28, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
I USED ALL OF THESE AT ONCE AND THEN SOME, JEALOUS? http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/GOODBYE_SPONGEBOB Civil Man 15:01, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
I am grapely jelly, thank you. Kudos on that. --King Starscream 18:47, August 10, 2011 (UTC)
New one to add...
Cleverbot conversations about BEN. They aren't creepy, and most of them are more or less the same. And for that matter, "I erased this extra file in my game, and when I went to play the other one, everyone said I didn't have a name!!!!1" But the Cleverbot ones are just so BLAND on top of that... --King Starscream 18:47, August 10, 2011 (UTC)
- Or, how about starting off your pasta with "This really happened", either as "you have to believe me" or "you won't believe this, but..." Also, now that I think of it, Cleverbot conversations at all. --King Starscream 18:11, September 27, 2011 (UTC)
satan?
Does anyone else think that when the story says something is related to anything demonic, it just makes it not scary at all? I am an atheist, so that is likely why, but it almost seems silly by the end. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robottick (talk • contribs).
- RememberToSignYourPostsPleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaase. -- BlittleMcNilsen (Talk | contribs) 04:15, November 30, 2011 (UTC)
Hmmm...
If "creepy shit happening in mirrors" is a cliche, shouldn't we just delete the "mirrors" category as a whole? Weirdowithcoffee 20:33, December 28, 2011 (UTC)Weirdowithcoffee "As the world shrouds in darkness...so too will your lives be snuffed out!!"
Another one
At the end of some computer related pastas, "If you ever find something that says _______, don't click on it!"
How many times have you seen that?
Acidpop 17:12, January 14, 2012 (UTC)acidpop
Addition?
Honestly, I've lost count of how many stories end with the writer being the monster and OMG HE'ZA GET U!Grassrunnerdaughter (talk) 01:09, March 16, 2012 (UTC)
Who's taking examples out?
That really shouldn't be happening. If people think it's a cliche, it should stay. I'll try to re-add the random deletions later.Aradials 16:29, May 9, 2012 (UTC)